No one knows what “perfect” actually means, yet the chase for it debilitates many.
“Perfection”, as we use it, means flawless and therefore cannot be critiqued. There is a nuance to how we use “perfection” in that its something that other people will ultimately be the judge of as well.
“Perfect”
“From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere (“to finish”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + facere (“to do, to make”). The spelling was modified in the 15th century to conform to its Latin etymon. Doublet of parfait, perfecto and perfectus. “
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perfect
Something That Is “Perfect” Is Something That Is Done Thoroughly/To Completion.
“The English word root fect comes from a Latin verb meaning ‘make’ or ‘do.’ Some common English words that come from fect include infect, perfect, and defect.
A way to perfectly remember fect is that something perfect is so well ‘done’ that it cannot be ‘made’ any better.
The English word root fect means ‘make’ or ‘do.’
If something is perfect, is is thoroughly ‘done,’ or cannot be ‘made’ any better than it already is. Someone who is effective can get things ‘done,’ and might even do things perfectly.”
https://membean.com/rootcasts/fect-make
Therefore, being obsessed with “perfection” makes no logical sense. Something is “perfect” when you, the creator, determines that you are done with it. Others may not see it as “perfect” because of their own standards for what things “should” be, but that is all there is to it. The beauty of life is that we can share “perfection” with each other and build on it to find “perfection” in our own eyes.
– Virg
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