7th
Oops.
So the basis of this project is I write something helpful, funny, or otherwise interesting every day for 364 days. Hence 364 posts.
But I didn’t do it yesterday. Life, you could say, got in the way. This left me wondering what to do. Do something new? Change the concept entirely?
No.
Because this is a great example of how everything you imagine sometimes doesn’t play out perfectly. And that’s ok. With this economy as it is, and with a lot of people losing their jobs, there seems to be a lot of focus around failure. Accordingly, I’ve written a fair amount on it now, because it’s vital to respond to hardship correctly, otherwise it will eat you up like a giant (fail) whale.
I could have quit after missing Friday. I could have hacked Tumblr to sneak an entry there for Friday. I could’ve renamed and moved on. But I like what this concept challenges me to do. And I think this misstep is something you and I can learn from.
First, we evaluate what went wrong, and like I’ve said before, take responsibility for it. I screwed up, I didn’t focus on what I had to do Friday. I can blame it on having a lot to do. Or having a baby. But I’m not. That’s the first mistake, blaming something else. I didn’t focus on it — I didn’t get it done. End of story.
Second, work out a strategy to avoid repeating it — in my case it will be to write earlier, I’ve been tending to this late in the day and that can get you stuck, like I was stuck yesterday.
And finally, like Churchill said, don’t give up, don’t ever give up. Especially because of a mistake. We’re human, it happens. So I’m not quitting either.
