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26- Failure

This semester I have tried religiously to exercise every day. Even if it was just a walk, I wanted to make a conscious effort to have at least 30 minutes to devote to exercise (not saying “oh I took the stairs this morning). Well, it didn’t work. While I still can get 4-5 days a week in, I have yet to have consecutive weeks of exercising every day. Things like exams, vacations or just straight up being too lazy to get out of bed have kept me from what seems like such a simple idea in concept.

What I learned from this is two things: 1) I need to stop thinking of exercising as an all-out kill yourself workout and look at a walk to class instead of scooting as qualifying, but I have this all or nothing mentality that hurts more than it helps and 2) this goal in itself is an all or nothing mentality. I’m basically setting myself up for failure. A more strategic goal would be to reduce calorie intake on the days I don’t work out, or another compromise.


I think failure is hard, but I also think it is one of the most important aspects of learning. When I was younger, I handled failure horribly; I would blame others, deny it, or just go crazy when there was no other way. Growing up, I’ve realized that it is both natural and necessary, even though it still sucks every time. It depends on the risk; I’ll calculate a risk more intelligently than I would have 5 years ago.

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