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Old Jan 28, 2016, 09:12 PM
infrayoftrying infrayoftrying is offline
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Has anyone found that their class notes might not be adequate ?

Or does anyone find it difficult to re-read their notes or written articles/paper because when he/she starts re-reading or revising it, he/she might be gripped by anxious thoughts of ,"Hey, I have so much to revise and revise it with absolute understanding".

It's as if the brain has some sorta OCD that revisions has to be done with certain steps and when the brain gets overwhelmed with high standards of revisions, it quits.

Let me know if anyone finds it difficult to revise or re-read anything..
Thanks.

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Old Jan 30, 2016, 09:43 PM
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I have a big problem with this. I'm constantly double checking for errors in grammar, spelling, legibility. Choosing words can be very hard. I'm always afraid I might say something offensive without any intention of doing so. I'm always afraid of over-explaining and also under-explaining.

I'm afraid that if I don't disseminate information properly, someone else will mess their work next. Similar to that, I'm always afraid that maybe someone else haphazardly gave me bad information to pass a long, like having one digit of a number wrong or having the wrong time for an appointment. Remember the game "telephone"? where you whisper something to someone, they whisper it to the next person, so on, then at the end, the message is totally different. I don't want to be the one who did something to cause that error.

I owe a little bit of money to the state for taxes so I just sent a check. I went through 7 envelopes. I rewrote it five times because it didn't meet my legibility standards and also because a couple of times I had to rip open the envelope and look over the check again to make sure I did it right.

Honestly, even here, I edit almost every single post, before I submit it and after. Sometimes within a few minutes after initially posting and editing, it won't list the post as edited - I'm super grateful for that feature.
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Old Feb 02, 2016, 06:26 PM
infrayoftrying infrayoftrying is offline
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Welcome to being a perfectionist.

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Originally Posted by coyotee View Post
I have a big problem with this. I'm constantly double checking for errors in grammar, spelling, legibility. Choosing words can be very hard. I'm always afraid I might say something offensive without any intention of doing so. I'm always afraid of over-explaining and also under-explaining.

I'm afraid that if I don't disseminate information properly, someone else will mess their work next. Similar to that, I'm always afraid that maybe someone else haphazardly gave me bad information to pass a long, like having one digit of a number wrong or having the wrong time for an appointment. Remember the game "telephone"? where you whisper something to someone, they whisper it to the next person, so on, then at the end, the message is totally different. I don't want to be the one who did something to cause that error.

I owe a little bit of money to the state for taxes so I just sent a check. I went through 7 envelopes. I rewrote it five times because it didn't meet my legibility standards and also because a couple of times I had to rip open the envelope and look over the check again to make sure I did it right.

Honestly, even here, I edit almost every single post, before I submit it and after. Sometimes within a few minutes after initially posting and editing, it won't list the post as edited - I'm super grateful for that feature.
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