As I mentioned earlier this summer, I’ve started a podcast with Shannon Wilkinson called Getting to Good Enough. Every week we release a new episode about overcoming perfectionism so you can do more of what you love.
Perfectionism can certainly come into play with genealogy research, which Shannon and I explored that in this week’s episode. Shannon is a newer genealogy researcher (she went with me to RootsTech this year) and she has some perfectionist tendencies. She was very fortunate to uncover a literal treasure trove of family documents when she was cleaning out her mother’s home after her mother moved to a care home. She quickly became overwhelmed by the responsibility of the stewardship of these documents and was striving to handle them perfectly. She was paralyzed and couldn’t get started on working with them.
In Episode 20 of the podcast, which is one of our “Good Enough in Practice” episodes where we explore how we’re embracing good enough in our own lives, Shannon and I discuss how perfectionism can interfere with progress in genealogy research. We brainstormed how she could get started with her documents and she put together a plan. Shortly after our discussion she was able to get started processing them. I encourage you to give it a listen. I think it’s an interesting discussion.
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Just listened to this podcast episode last night. Good job, Janine and Shannon! Listening to the two of you makes me want to hang out with you. 🙂
Thanks, Hazel. That’s a wonderful compliment!
This was a good episode – I may have to listen again. You both are fun to listen to!
Thanks, Elizabeth! Glad you liked it.
I really enjoyed this episode. I just added your podcast to my walking list and am looking forward to catching up on your earlier episodes!
Thank you so much, Sierra!!