More Sunday thoughts 🤔🪚 I think OCD points to our values and talents, even though the thoughts and compulsions that come with it are ego-dystonic (works against our beliefs and self-image). Among other things, I value carefully tuned structures, attention to detail, thoughtful aesthetics- even my LinkedIn tagline is “I build elegant systems for ambitious projects”. When I fall into an OCD trap (4 hours of cable management! Rereading a thing I wrote 20 times!) the compulsions are a feedback loop that block me from exercising my actual values. But I try to take care to not throw out the metaphorical baby with the bathwater… things become disorders when they cause distress, when they get in the way of how you want to live. I’m not going to straighten pictures in coffee shops or friends’ houses, but I can appreciate and even take pride in my own well-balanced gallery wall. I can be proud of my presentation of a project, and also know when it’s reasonable to declare it finished. …and sometimes make freehand cuts that even my husband finds super impressive 😙👌