First complete. Then perfect.

While reading Kaori Zuima's article, I was reminded of words a lecturer once told me when I was studying accounting.

In that article, there was the phrase,

"First complete. Then perfect."

When I read these words, I immediately thought of the accounting workplace.

I remember an accounting instructor once telling me something like this: "It's okay if it's only 30% done; the important thing is to leave a record first."

At the time, the instructor was talking about accounting processes and supporting documents.

In accounting, things that serve as the basis for processing—such as invoices, receipts, contracts, bank transfer statements, and email correspondence—are extremely important.

Even if you think you understand it at the time, as time passes, you may forget why you performed a certain process.

Who made the decision?

Which documents were reviewed?

Why was this account title chosen?

Why was this process followed?

If you try to verify it later and nothing remains, you cannot explain it.

That is why the instructor said,



"It doesn't have to be a perfect document. Even a simple note on a piece of paper is fine. As a company rule, it is important to leave a record of why you processed it that way."

Of course, it is better to organize things properly in the end.However, if you aim for perfection from the start, nothing ends up being recorded at all.



If



you stop working because you are trying to create a perfect document, it is better to just leave 30% of it for now.The date.The person who made the decision.The documents reviewed.

The reason for the process.

Even just that much will be a huge clue when you look back later.

Back then, I thought accounting had to be accurate.

Of course, that is not wrong.

As long as you are dealing with numbers, accuracy is important.

But when you are working in the field, it is not always possible to provide a 100% answer from the start.

Sometimes you proceed while verifying.

Sometimes you make corrections later.

Sometimes you are unsure of a decision.

I realized that what is important at those times is not just "making it perfect from the start," but "leaving a record of the decisions made along the way."

This might not just be about accounting.

Whether it is work, welfare, family, or your own feelings.

It is not always possible to organize things neatly from the start.

You don't know what happened.

You don't know how you are feeling.

You don't know where to start talking.

At times like that, trying to make it a perfect piece of writing all at once becomes painful.

But it is okay to write it down, even if it is only 30%.

Bullet points are fine.

Just words are fine.

Just the date is fine.

"I was struggling at this time."

"I was lost here."

"I consulted this person."

"I made this decision."

Even just that can help you later on.

I once looked back on past events and created a record of the circumstances leading up to my illness.

That task was very painful.

I wasn't able to write it neatly from the start.

There were things that were painful just to remember.

Even so, by writing it out little by little, I began to see what had happened and where I had been pushing myself too hard.

I think writing is not just about recording.

It is about taking what is messy inside you and letting a little bit of it out.

Looking at what you have let out from a distance.

And then later,

"I was in this state at that time."

Confirming that.

It doesn't have to be a perfect piece of writing.

In fact, it is fine to be incomplete at first.

The important thing is to leave it before it disappears.

To set it aside for yourself before making it into a form that can be explained to someone else.

It is okay if it is 30%, just leave it.

You can organize it later.

You can fix it later.

You can supplement it later.

Even if it is not perfect from the start, what you have left behind will help your future self.

That is what I think.

Work records.

Accounting decisions.

Support records.

Your own feelings.

First complete. Then perfect.

I want to keep this order in mind.

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