Celebrating Failure

1. For my fail part of this assignment, I’d probably say that it involves a painting studio class I’m currently enrolled in. Everyday when I go into class, I have a change of clothes so that I don’t get paint on my normal clothes and then I can change back at the end of the studio. I go to work after my class usually, and the first few days of the semester I noticed some of my coworkers giving me strange looks. Took me a little while to realize it was because I had paint all over me. So as far as failing goes, I can’t even count the number of times my painting clothes didn’t help keep me clean at all and I’ve had to just go about the rest of my day with paint all over the place. I’ve also accidentally put my hand in wet paint several times then had to go back and fix it, which is generally just the worst feeling in the world. 
2. What I learned from this is to take my time and be especially conscious as to where my hands are at all times. Also, painting from left to right is a way smarter move because then my hand won’t be hovering over the sections I’ve already completed. 
3. In general, yes failure is hard. It’s one of the most discouraging things ever and it makes finding motivation to keep on pushing through really difficult. Typically, I’d like to think that I handle failure pretty well. I’m able to realize it, take a short step back, and then try either approaching it from a different angle, or I work on something else so I can take a break and still be productive. This class I think made me realize that it’s okay to fail because so many people do in business but then are still able to make something of themselves. I think that even after this, I’m still pretty much the same on my risk-taking because whenever I judge something like that, I always know there’s a possibility to fail, so that’s not really a deciding factor for me.