It’s Okay To Mess Up.

If this was in fact a set-up stock photo plan, so sad for this waste of a drink.

Hi, it’s me.

I’m back after a 2-3 week hiatus.

Why? Because I couldn’t meet my personal deadlines to myself.

Why? Life got busy.

I’ve been hanging out with friends and family, and that's eaten up my time.

On top of that, I’m still doing my coding class, which takes up another 6-8 hours a week. Since it’s my first time learning coding, the material is challenging to understand so it has taken longer.

As a result, my personal goal to produce weekly blog content fell short.

And I’ll be the first to say it sucks.

It sucks to not meet my own expectations.

It sucks to feel like a failure in that regard.

But it’s also a reality. There’s nothing I can do now about it, except continue to strive to complete the goal I set out for myself.

Nothing has changed.

I still want to accomplish this goal of regular content production.

Failing to do so for a couple of weeks in a row doesn’t change that fact.

Additionally, failing to do so for the last few weeks has no bearing on my intention and my desire.

Just because I couldn’t meet those expectations the last few weeks, doesn’t mean I still don’t hold those expectations for myself.

So…we just continue with that goal.

Dust yourself off and try again – that’s okay.

Sometimes we look at failure and the lack of accomplishment as something to hang our heads over.

It gets to the point that we don’t even try to risk failure or we only aspire for a manageable goal.

Screw that though. I’m allowed to make mistakes. I’m allowed to fall short of expectations. I’m allowed to have a life, to be busy, to choose other things to prioritize.

It won’t stop me from aspiring to accomplish big, sometimes unattainable things.

Because only by aspiring for the impossible, the unattainable, the unimaginable do we actually demonstrate the capacity to surprise ourselves and accomplish such things.

It is only through surprising ourselves that we gain confidence, ambition, and the determination to make the impossible possible.

Messing up is part of the journey.

It’s how we learn, grow, and ultimately succeed.

So, while acknowledging that I messed up, get right back up on that metaphorical horse and keep striving for greatness.