AUBREEVISION - Observations from the far side of the dial

I'm thrilled to report that after much more grief than was even remotely necessary, I've finally shaken a big ol' monkey off my back by finishing a take-home exam for a personal training course -- three months late. Once I actually did the exam it wasn't all that hard -- but weeks of perfectionism-induced paralysis had turned it into a spectre of hideous proportions, made even uglier and more infuriating by the fact that with every month the exam remained unsubmitted I was amassing penalty fees.

But now it's thankfully, gloriously done, and since I can't undo the fact that I handled the whole thing badly, I'll just savour the sweet taste of freedom and chalk the whole mess up to lessons learned.