We've all had one. That one mistake that taught you so much out of the way things imploded than if things had worked out. They can lead to great deals of self discovery or a great understanding of the world around us and I thought it was about time to honour those failures.
So, I've got two. I'll start with the more serious one. I got an internship this summer with a certain group. My job was to convince people to sign up to long term donate to a charity (incidentally, look up the Children's Trust, they do some good work). I signed up to help deal with my anxiety talking to new people and for a couple other reasons. Naturally, a week into the internship, I dropped out (again incidentally, not only was I the third member of my particular team to bolt but our whole region was busy setting a new record for most drop outs) but learnt a lot for my time. Firstly, I now realise I am not scared of talking to people, I now just hate new people in general (yay progress!). Secondly, people are not as rude as you'd expect. In fact, a lot of the people I spoke to were very polite in their rejections boosting my faith in humanity. I got to meet a very nice man who was very knowledgeable with medieval weaponry and learnt a fair bit about archery. Finally, I have learned to take pity on the poor souls who trudge through such an existence and while I will probably never sign up to a charity like that, I will at the very least hear them out, offer a drink and offer the toilet because that would makes their day.
My second failure is that no matter what someone tells you, it is perfectly possible to screw up boiling spaghetti in such a way that professional chefs look at you like some sort of anti-Christ.
Well, let's hear your failures my fellow passive-aggressive community. They don't have to be serious nor do they need to be comical; you only need to have learnt something from them. Now, if you don't mind I have literally just been quoted for the first time in months and I need to see if I have a response to it.
So, I've got two. I'll start with the more serious one. I got an internship this summer with a certain group. My job was to convince people to sign up to long term donate to a charity (incidentally, look up the Children's Trust, they do some good work). I signed up to help deal with my anxiety talking to new people and for a couple other reasons. Naturally, a week into the internship, I dropped out (again incidentally, not only was I the third member of my particular team to bolt but our whole region was busy setting a new record for most drop outs) but learnt a lot for my time. Firstly, I now realise I am not scared of talking to people, I now just hate new people in general (yay progress!). Secondly, people are not as rude as you'd expect. In fact, a lot of the people I spoke to were very polite in their rejections boosting my faith in humanity. I got to meet a very nice man who was very knowledgeable with medieval weaponry and learnt a fair bit about archery. Finally, I have learned to take pity on the poor souls who trudge through such an existence and while I will probably never sign up to a charity like that, I will at the very least hear them out, offer a drink and offer the toilet because that would makes their day.
My second failure is that no matter what someone tells you, it is perfectly possible to screw up boiling spaghetti in such a way that professional chefs look at you like some sort of anti-Christ.
Well, let's hear your failures my fellow passive-aggressive community. They don't have to be serious nor do they need to be comical; you only need to have learnt something from them. Now, if you don't mind I have literally just been quoted for the first time in months and I need to see if I have a response to it.