Celebrating Failure

1. One failure that I experience fairly often is when I am too lazy and skip my workouts in the morning before work. I always set my alarm and tell myself that I will wake up early and get a good workout in, but I always just hit snooze and am too lazy to get up and actually do it. I have been able to do it quite a few times, but it seems like I just keep failing myself and my body and not doing it.


2. What I have learned from it is that if I am going to tell myself to do something that will be good for me, I need to actually be serious about it and not be so lazy. If I never take this seriously, I will never make any progress in terms of my strength, and I think that could have a similar effect in other aspects of my life. If I am too lazy and don't do assignments, my grade suffers and I end up dealing with the negative consequences. I think it has really just helped me learn that if I am going to set certain goals I need to actually take them seriously and put effort in or I'll never make any progress.

3. My view on failure is a pretty positive one. I think failure is almost always a positive thing, except for in extreme circumstances, and is one of the most important parts of growing as a person. Every time you fail at anything, you are automatically given the chance to learn from that failure and analyze what you did wrong to bring about the failure. It was actually hard for me to even think of a failure for this exercise because I don't think of events as failures usually. Everything is just a learning experience to grow as a person and not make the same mistake next time. I think there is nothing worse than being afraid of failure, and that failure really is a good thing overall.