I hate the idea of failing at something - at anything really. My mind seems to really enjoy telling me about it when I do and taunts me as to all the reasons why I'm doomed to do so again in the future. I feel as though I've spent much of this blog celebrating my achievements this year and today has been one of those day's that I feel the need to take some time to acknowledge my failures.
I drank more alcohol than I'm proud of on Saturday night. I don't drink very often any more and do not have the same tolerance for alcohol as I had in my younger years. I also am incapable of wearing high heels after a few drinks. I have the grazed knee to prove this.
I did not run yesterday. Or today. Or for many other day's of this year when I should have; but just didn't feel motivated to do it. I have used excuses to justify this laziness.
I bought a packet of lollies from the vending machine at work today and ate them all as an accompaniment to my healthy lunchbox. I ended up eating them all in place of my healthy lunchbox.
I did not rise out of bed at 5.30am yesterday. Or today. I'm not sure I even will tomorrow.
I did not bother to prepare a blog post for yesterday. And as a token of my becoming more comfortable with the odd failure in regards to my goals for the year I'm not going to do so.
The thing about failing is that it's only really a failure if you do not learn anything from it; and use it as fuel for your fire to succeed.
Yes I do need to set clearer limits for myself when it comes to drinking alcohol (especially delicious multi-nip cocktails, which might be best left for a maximum of 1 only!), yes I do need to prioritise my runs and dedicate time each day to them (even if it's hard in the heat of summer amidst a hospitality work schedule), yes I do need to stop eating lollies like a kid in a candy shop (even if they do taste so so good!), yes I do need to sort out my sleep schedule (even if it takes some trial and error to get there).
So I have failed. But I have learned. And now I just move onwards and upwards.
And now time for some cheesy quotes on the matter:
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative" Woody Allen
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail" Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th" Julie Andrews
Good on you for facing your failures and learning from them. Be gentle on yourself though. Have the occasional day off your gruelling exercise and diet schedule eh!
ReplyDeleteI like Winston Churchill quotes. Here's a couple of great ones on failure:-
ReplyDeleteSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.