Celebrating Failure
An Instance of Failure
This past semester, I haven't encountered a large amount of failure. I didn't encounter many or any failures in this class or outside of this class. The first thing that I was able to recall failing at this semester was boiling eggs. I forgot about the eggs and completely ruined them. They were boiling for maybe a few hours and were no longer salvageable. That, however, is not the kind of failure I believe I was supposed to address. So, I thought some more. When did I fail? Generally, I don't think of actions as successes or failures. For the sake of this assignment, however, I will consider my last exam score a failure. It was a 73%, which in my book, is a failure. I have always done well academically; so, this was a hard hit. It may not seem like a failure to others, but it was to me.
What I learned
With regards to the eggs, which were a complete failure, I should have just payed attention. Those weren't salvageable, but also weren't that impactful in the grand scheme of things. With regards to the exam grade, which I realize may not be a big deal to most, I just have to do better next time. From that I learned, that I need to put forth some actual effort as opposed to my typical "winging it." Overall, I learned that some things take more effort than others.
Reflection
Failure is a learning opportunity. As long as the failure isn’t so large as to not come back from, it tends to make us better. We may try harder or use a different approach in a similar endeavor. Depending on the nature of the failure, it can be hard to handle. It can even be embarrassing if others are aware of it. Sometimes, however, failure is just a personal hit. Something that hurts our own sense of self, our own ego. Failure leads to change. Once experiencing failure, I decide to make a change. Emotionally, I have no issues. I don’t react emotionally to failure, typically. Behaviorally, however, I make the conscious decision to do better. I analyze what I did wrong, what led to the failure, and I ensure that it won't happen like that again. In terms of this class, it has changed my perspective on failure minimally. If anything, it has just taught me to over-analyze failures even more than I did before. In terms of risk taking, it's possible that I'm more likely to take a risk now than I was just a few months ago; however, the likelihood has not increased significantly. I will continue to analyze things before acting and be hyper-critical of myself following the observation of the results of my actions. But maybe, possibly, I will be more willing to take a risk.
This past semester, I haven't encountered a large amount of failure. I didn't encounter many or any failures in this class or outside of this class. The first thing that I was able to recall failing at this semester was boiling eggs. I forgot about the eggs and completely ruined them. They were boiling for maybe a few hours and were no longer salvageable. That, however, is not the kind of failure I believe I was supposed to address. So, I thought some more. When did I fail? Generally, I don't think of actions as successes or failures. For the sake of this assignment, however, I will consider my last exam score a failure. It was a 73%, which in my book, is a failure. I have always done well academically; so, this was a hard hit. It may not seem like a failure to others, but it was to me.
What I learned
With regards to the eggs, which were a complete failure, I should have just payed attention. Those weren't salvageable, but also weren't that impactful in the grand scheme of things. With regards to the exam grade, which I realize may not be a big deal to most, I just have to do better next time. From that I learned, that I need to put forth some actual effort as opposed to my typical "winging it." Overall, I learned that some things take more effort than others.
Reflection
Failure is a learning opportunity. As long as the failure isn’t so large as to not come back from, it tends to make us better. We may try harder or use a different approach in a similar endeavor. Depending on the nature of the failure, it can be hard to handle. It can even be embarrassing if others are aware of it. Sometimes, however, failure is just a personal hit. Something that hurts our own sense of self, our own ego. Failure leads to change. Once experiencing failure, I decide to make a change. Emotionally, I have no issues. I don’t react emotionally to failure, typically. Behaviorally, however, I make the conscious decision to do better. I analyze what I did wrong, what led to the failure, and I ensure that it won't happen like that again. In terms of this class, it has changed my perspective on failure minimally. If anything, it has just taught me to over-analyze failures even more than I did before. In terms of risk taking, it's possible that I'm more likely to take a risk now than I was just a few months ago; however, the likelihood has not increased significantly. I will continue to analyze things before acting and be hyper-critical of myself following the observation of the results of my actions. But maybe, possibly, I will be more willing to take a risk.
Hey Kira! I can completely understand what you wish to convey with the boiled egg analogy failure and how it correlates to how not doing well in your class. The reason why is because it is not a big deal for some, some would say just toss in another egg but it is not that simple. All I can say is do not let set backs like this affect your mental sanity you must understand things happen and usually when they are bad things more good things can be taken from them than the bad, these are the factors that shape successful people.
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