For this post, students have been asked to do a little soul
searching. We are going to talk about everyone’s favorite topic, personal
failure. Let’s do it!
Throughout
my life, I have been conditioned more so than others my age to appropriately
deal with failure. This is primarily because my father is a college baseball
coach, and baseball is definitely a game of failure. I mean, think about it,
how many jobs are out there where if you fail at your primary job duty 70 % of
the time, you will earn a bust in the hall of fame? (baseball hitter with a
career .300 average) With that being said, I am excited to do this assignment
because failure is something that I am great at.
My fail: For
me, this semester has been all about transitioning my way out of college, and
into the real world as smoothly as possible. I have hit some solid milestones,
like finding a job and locking up my next lease. Where I have failed, however,
is in my attempt to establish a regular routine. At one point, I got up early
to be productive every day for a month straight, but then my trip out to my
future job location, spring break, and senioritis all got in the way!
What I
learned: The biggest learning curve for me has been learning about myself and
my mental strength. Waking up for school was never difficult for me, but it was
also never an option for me to sleep in. In the future, I know that I need to
have a plan in place for getting myself back into routine after I have to break
it instead of just letting my mistakes pile up.
Reflection:
Failure is very difficult to deal with. In general, I do think that failure is
helpful. Failure, when channeled correctly, can lead us to greater success and
satisfaction than the easy road ever could. Handling failure is all about
taking responsibility for your actions and staying positive. This class hasn’t
really changed my outlook on failure to this point, but I think that I may be
less risk averse now than I was in the start.
Hey Michael!
ReplyDeleteI truly understand the struggle that you went through during the transition from high school to college. I touched a bit about that as well in my post but I really related to your experiences. I agree that failure is difficult to marinate in, but its something that we learn from and I hope you got to learn from your failure and your experiences. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing, Michael! I thought it was really interesting that you tied your ability to deal with failure with you father's career. It is definitely clear how much of an impact parents have on what kind of qualities their children will posses. I'm happy to hear that you've been proactive in making sure you have everything sorted out for your transition from college to a young professional. It must be terrifying!! Maybe your lack of productivity is just your brain telling you to relax while you still can!!!
ReplyDeleteMichael, I found your personal story of a failure interesting, as I have not yet reached the transitioning-out phase of my education yet. So, while I am still focused on earning my degree and not what comes after, I was still able to relate to a good portion of the struggle that you outlined. I also am able to make steps forward in my long-term plans and goals, but the day-to-day tends to slowly fall out of line. Reading your reflection has helped remind me of this and I hope to also be able to improve as time goes on.
ReplyDeleteHello Michael! I understand exactly what you are saying. Sometimes the hardest part of doing anything is simply getting into a routine. I am not in a transition phase, but because of the way I set my classes up this year, it left me with little to do in the morning and my afternoon and nights were packed. I would get out of routine and would sleep in late, leaving my homework for the last minute. I have lately been breaking this bad habit and forcing myself back into a daily routine.
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