Hi Jerry, thank you for the read and comment. I suffer from the same disease and it took years to break it. Here is what works for me and maybe it will help you? i had to develop a system I could not mess up myself. Now I sketch out an badly written key point outline on a yellow pad (flows better for me than on a computer) write the first draft, then let that draft sit for a day. I come back the next day, rewrite and polish, then in the case of Medium, let it go. I had to limit myself to a structure to stop me from coming back to it for three or four days and maybe never getting it done. I allow myself a first, a rewrite and a submit then move on.

I do come back several months later and look at old pieces I like and rewrite these again if I feel there is life there. I have found through the last several years my coming back to old pieces has made me better. I am hoping by still studying and learning I am better now as an editor and writer than I was four months ago and I do find new life in old pieces because I am just thinking differently now. I find stuff I wrote a year ago somewhat embarrassing, which I hope means my standards are rising.

Force yourself to a limit and submit Jerry, then move on to the next piece. Hope this helps. Thank you again for the read.