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When You're a Procrastinator and Perfectionist

A meme featuring a real person lying on a tiled floor with a distressed and worried expression. The top of the image contains a text overlay that reads: 'When you're a procrastinator but also a perfectionist so you're constantly stressed about the quality of your work you haven't even started:'. The visual humor arises from the relatable scenario of feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to produce high-quality work despite not having begun the task, embodied by the person's exhausted posture on the floor.
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When you're a procrastinator but also a perfectionist so you're constantly stressed about the quality of your work you haven't even started:

Overview

A meme featuring a real person lying on a tiled floor with a distressed and worried expression. The top of the image contains a text overlay that reads: 'When you're a procrastinator but also a perfectionist so you're constantly stressed about the quality of your work you haven't even started:'. The visual humor arises from the relatable scenario of feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to produce high-quality work despite not having begun the task, embodied by the person's exhausted posture on the floor.

Origin notes

The meme originates from Reddit, as indicated by the source information. The original title on Reddit was 'How is this called even'. It is a user-created remix, likely made by adding text overlay to an existing screenshot of a person (possibly from a video or casual photo). The base image's exact origin is unclear, but the added text transforms it into a relatable humor piece about the stress of balancing procrastination and perfectionism.

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