Fail better
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 12:36PM I am never promising to post every day in a month again. I just fail, every time.
Failure is a theme this past week. I've failed at my diet. I failed at managing the ire of some clients. I failed to finish both derby practices last week, feeling faint halfway through the first and actually throwing up, halfway through the second.
"Maybe you're pregnant?" offer people who don't know the whole history of my uterus.
No...that part of me is also a failure, I want to tell them. But I don't. I say clever things like, "Uh...highly unlikely".
I blame the rain for all these grey feelings. It's been raining for a week straight, and although it is often miserably cold here in the baldass prairies, we actually get more sunshine hours than most other places. I like my big open sky and I like my sun. Vitamin D only remedies so much.
Rain, overwhelmingly, makes me want to curl up on the couch and opt out of life. I have no idea how I survived two years in Vancouver.
Anyway, tomorrow the sun is supposed to return. So I'll consider today the end of feeling sorry for myself, and tomorrow the start of my more successful week. Failure just gives you the opportunity to learn, right?
Right?
(Hope all of my 'merican pals are enjoying their nice, long, sunny weekend.)
Keely | 7 Comments
Reader Comments (7)
Rain and gray weather are why I CAN NOT live in the Pacific Northwest any longer. I just get so depressed. It will get better soon.
Is it fail? I don't think so!! You have been doing a lot!! So that is a win!!
Hugs and have a good day now!!
Hugs
SUeAnn
One rainy day is okay. A week of them makes me lose interest in showering and pants. Longer than that and I'm contemplating eating razor blades.
I guess what I'm saying is I understand the morose feeling.
No way do you fail. Not with everything you do! You're my hero, you know.
I noticed when you did not post! But I never once thought you had failed, only that you were normal and had things to do. The rain kind of bugged me on the weekend, but now everything seems so blindingly green that I am enjoying it. I have a hot pink geranium in the back that is practically glowing.
Quit focusing on the failures and start focusing on the wins (I know, I know -- cheap advice that I don't even follow, but I guess there's truth to it). Also, I say you're better off not posting every single day... I always prefer the bloggers who post occasionally but make each one count. Glad I ran across your blog :-)
You are so not a failure. You are a Canadian maven! It's true. Someone told me at border patrol when I went to Niagara Falls on my long, American weekend. They said your picture is up in like, every bathroom stall in Canada.
Heehee.