johnmason wrote:...are my standards too high..
Based on your other threads...NO!!!!!
For you to believe you have high standards is a delusion. It is a form of self-handicapping.
Have you ever seen a person that refused to participate in an activity because they think they are "too good" or "too talented"? They believe the work, the task, the goal is beneath them. They have, in their own mind, elevated themselves to a much higher status they believe they deserve. This allows them to then justify in their own mind doing nothing. They justify they can sleep, they can stay in bed, because the work is not worthy if the high standards they have.
You are 27 years old. It is time for you to mentally mature.