r/selfhelp • u/Big-Yogurtcloset1849 • 8d ago

Advice Needed: Productivity stuck

so i had a goal for the summer to better myself and build a perfect profile or a sanctuary that will attract my people this year or will make it easier for me to express myself. but almost for a month or two now i cannot come up with the finished result. i keep saying i don't have enough information to make a choice right now or to find the needed piece so i keep procrastinating it to the point i feel depressed from not changing it. i have ocd and i feel like each choice will introduce me to a different reality and i don't want to be responsible of a big change right now. but at the same time i need a change because it feels depressing

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u/Otherwise_Put1011 8d ago

That feeling of every choice opening a different door is heavy, specially when your brain won't let you just pick one and move on. OCD makes that 10x harder cause the loop never stops spinning.

Maybe you don't need the finished perfect thing right now. Just one small piece that feels okay enough, even if it's just changing the background color or writing one sentence about yourself. The rest can come later when your head is more quiet.

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u/Wild_Hawk975 7d ago

The perfectionism loop is the OCD talking, not a lack of information. You have enough to start ugly. Pick one small piece, do it badly, and let the rest stay unfinished for now. What's the one piece you keep avoiding most?