I’ve been having a really difficult time pushing publish lately. I’ve developed a chronic case of perfectionism (along with my acute sinus infection).

I’ve left a lot of articles unfinished over the past few months, and I’ve spent just about an entire quarter on one project, without releasing it. That’s really unlike me.

Thankfully I came across a really good saying today, and it’s already helped me regain some of my publishing willpower. It’s from a letter from Pete Docter, one of the filmmakers at Pixar.

“Our films don’t get finished, they just get released”. Even Pixar suffers from perfectionism, but they’ve learned to let go. I admire that (from my point of view their films are pretty amazing).

In the spirit of Pixar, I pressed publish on that quarter-long project today, Fiction Pal. I’ve come to terms with the fact that it might flop, but I’m just glad that it won’t languish away unreleased any longer. And now, I’ll push publish on this story.