I wasted a lot of time being a perfectionist. I viewed my work as art and it had to be perfect. Later I realized it’s not my work at all, it’s my employers. I had also come close to burning out and I backed off quite a bit. The switch flipped.

My work is a little sloppier now. If I feel bad all I do is remind myself of the cool things I learned in my spare time. I’m better for it, and so is my collective body of work.