The perfect is the enemy of the good

“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” — Tina Fey

I know y’all are looking for updates. We’re working our collective butts off over here. Still on track to leave the house Saturday morning, but there’s a long list of Projects Not Done at the boat. We’re trying hard to keep in mind a few things:

• Our non-sailing friends will not notice the things that are not precisely Bristol fashion at the party on Sunday;
• We can work on the boat while we travel. We WILL always be working on the boat as we travel, anyway; and
• The perfect is the enemy of the good.

That last sentiment is the one I keep pushing into Michu’s head. I have been told, affectionately I’m sure, that I can be a bit, ahem, rigid; but Michu’s the one who loses his mind a tiny bit when the trim is off by a quarter of an inch, or there’s a gap in the cork. Are you familiar with the Pareto principal? From Wikipedia:

The Pareto principle or 80–20 rule is a 20th-century analogue. For example, it commonly takes 20% of the full-time to complete 80% of a task, while to complete the last 20% of a task takes 80% of the effort. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible and so, as increasing effort results in diminishing returns, further activity becomes increasingly inefficient.

Perfect enough.