Celebrating Failure

1.    One time I failed this past semester was when I tried to fix my bike myself instead of taking it to a bike shop to get fixed. I failed at this multiple times as I tried more and more things that would yield no results. I eventually did have to take my bike to a bike shop since I was not able to fix it by myself.

2.    I actually learned a lot about fixing bikes although I was not able to fix the actual problem that my bike had. By trying to fix my bike’s problem, I was learning to fix many other problems that bikes have. I would loosen or tighten certain bolts and although my problem would not get solved, I learned what those bolts did for my bike.

3.    Failure is definitely not easy. It can often times be embarrassing or even discouraging. Although failure is tough, it is very important. By failing we learn not only about what we are trying to accomplish but about ourselves as well. Through failure, we often learn unexpected things about what we are trying accomplish. We may not do what we set out to do but we may learn something else important. I deal with failure in different ways. Usually, I will brush it off and start over again but sometimes I do get frustrated when I fail to do something that I believe is very easy. Finally, this class has changed my viewpoint on failure by embracing it. Before this class, I thought that failure was only good in small portions but this class made me realize that one can fail as much as they need as long as in the end the succeed.