I think we can all relate Leonard. Problem with Medium and perfection, is time and returns. I have been known to publish thinking something was good enough, and then wished I'd given it one more edit. Or maybe two. But so many earn less than a dollar.
When they flop again, I think I'm crazy spending so much time, because it's often the ones that I've put the most work into that flop the worst.
Saying that, I like to think most of the time, my own personal standards won't let me publish something that's total tosh! LOL