Celebrating Failure

Let's Fail, A Lot!

Tell us about a time this past semester that you failed.

I think that somewhere I have failed this past Semester, overall, is just in my Time Management skills. I feel as though as many thinks in my life continued progress: work, family stuff, school, clubs; it left me a little overwhelmed and I wasn't able to do everything up to the standard I expect from myself.

Tell us what you learned from it. 

What I have learned from this experience is that taking the time to sit down with a calendar or planner of some sort, is extremely important. The excuse I tell myself a lot of the time to avoid doing this is 'I don't have time to right now'. The longer you push something off, the more you'll have to catch up on. This is a really hectic time in our lives and it can most definitely be overwhelming, so we shouldn't be putting all of this pressure on ourselves.

Reflect, in general, on what you think about failure.

Failure is defiantly embarrassing, in my opinion. You hold yourself to a certain level, and even if you don't fail in the eyes of someone else, you can fail in your own. It's usually hard to admit when you failed at something because you are partially embarrassed and partially disappointed in yourself. I think the best way to cope with failure is to simply take it as a learning experience. Take this situation and think of ways to prevent it in the future. I think that's really all you're able to do cope with failure. However, by saying that, I think that it is important that we fail. Because only through failure, can we gain a new perspective, can we learn and grow, and can we gain new experiences.I am not saying to not try and succeed, Obviously give your all to whatever you are doing, but if that isn't suitable for a particular situation, this is when you can come back and learn a new technique.