Sometimes it just is
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” - Henry Ford Sometimes we just fail. There's no better to way to put it. You just fail at something. And it's a failure you have to live with. It can be a basic mistake. It can be a bad decision. It can be a moment of weakness or forgetfulness. Whatever it is, it happens and now you're stuck. We can't hit CNTRL+ALT+DELETE on life. That's really hard to accept as humans. We want to fix it. We want to correct our errors. We want to solve the problem, especially if it involves us. But sometimes you don't get to. I was once asked in a job interview, if I could fix any mistake I had made in my career as a reporter, what mistake would I fix. To be honest, I hated the question. And I think the interviewer hated my answer. Because I said I wouldn't fix them. I own up to every mistake. I own up to my bad decisions. I own up to my own carelessness. I also learn things from every mistake I make. I've ...
