The sooner you make a choice, the sooner you can make an adjustment. - James Clear

Sure, at some level, every experience in life boils down to your interpretation of it. And if you can shift your mindset, then perhaps you can turn a negative experience into a positive one.

But life is not a hallucination. You still have to deal with things. A healthy perspective can lessen the burden, but so can taking action. A problem that is solved is one that you don't need to mentally reframe.

If you think you can learn a lot from reading books, try writing one.

Finishing projects is part of what it means to deliver high quality work. It's not high quality if your perfectionism prevents you from finishing.