My Failure:
This semester I feel like
I did the best I could. However, I failed to meet all the requirements for this course
and my other classes. As a mom of three, I am ultimately doing things on my
own with a deployed husband. I could not find time to turn in every assignment.
I work a full time job and my girls have activities, so when it came to
assignments that required going out and meeting strangers – I just couldn’t do
it.
Lesson Learned:
The biggest take away for
me this semester is that I am not super woman. I cannot manage to take on the
world and keep myself in order. Next semester, I plan on scaling back and not
overloading myself. I learned what my breaking point was, even though I don’t
like to admit when I fall short. I am a classic overachiever and I learned this
semester that it is ok to slow down and accept that my timeline may be
different than the person next to me.
Reflection:
Failure is not something I
have ever taken lightly. In my younger years, I always completed and excelled
at anything I took on. In my adult life, as a mother, I am slowly learning it
is ok to fail. I can’t do everything perfectly and I learn by those daily
failures. I can’t grow without them. I am still really hard on myself and I am
trying to work on that. This class has taught me to let go of things that I
just physically cannot do. I had to accept that missing a deadline or not
having the time to do an assignment doesn’t mean to beat myself up and quit. It
meant that I had to just take a deep breath and move on. In the future, I will
scale back but if it is something I feel is worth the risk – I can try it. Even
if I fail, I can say I tried.
Hello Deanna,
ReplyDeleteLovely post, very inspiring. It is true that we all live different lives and face different situations that may allow us or not to devote time to certain things that might not have a level of priority higher than other things in our lives like kids, work, etc. I definitely agree with you, failure is a part of life and we have to accept it, learn from it, and move on. As you said, it is better to try than just quitting when things get hard. I really admire you for getting up to this point in the course. It is a very demanding course, and just getting to this point means that you didn't fail. Congratulations! Here is my post of you want to take a look at it http://berrvh.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
Hey Deanna,
ReplyDeleteI love the post, as it is very very encouraging for someone to overcome obstacles when they fail. Its very right that we are all different and we live differently, so everyone's priorities are all different in some ways. I'm proud of you for making it to this point of the semester; and always remember that its good to fail, because it just makes us better. Check out my post here: http://joeyrubio.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html