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# Perfect
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/perfect/
- Published: 2020-02-20T18:35:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-15T03:50:42.000Z
- Description: A man studies yesterday’s horoscopes on the train.
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

A man studies yesterday’s horoscopes on the train. He carefully highlights a line that says today is the day to take action. Somewhere in Texas, a blinking church sign says, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”

When I was growing up, my mom often told me that perfectionism was my worst trait. Being obnoxious and young, I told her this sounded like a compliment. Who wouldn’t want to be a perfectionist? Three decades and so many missed opportunities later, I can’t tell you how many times I look up at the ceiling (or wherever her ghost might be) and tell her she was so damned right.