Hello Tess,

As I read what you wrote about failure, I was reminded of some wise words from a very successful person. I've read and listed to a lot of successful people, so I'm not sure exactly who I heard it from, but I believe it was Gary Halbert whom I first heard this from: fail fast.

If failure is part of the path to success, then it's best to fail fastt. And, if something's not fur you, it's best to find out fast, which is through failure, so it's still good to fail fast.

And speaking about failure, we can also re-think it: instead of seeing failure as a yes-or-no, all-or-nothing dicotomy, you can see it in a more measurable fashion. In other words, it's rare that one absolutely fails (unless one doesn't take action). The question is: if you took action, what results did you get, regardless of whether you failed or not?

And this brings up another point: you have to be able to measure your progress.

As for what you said about social media, I feel that a lot of people only show the light on socical media: we don't see the dark part of their lives. (Granted, I'll plead guiltiy to being someone who falls into the "only light" category.) There's light and dark, yin and yang in everything. Those who don't show their struggles may be presenting an skewed image of themselves.

In any case, good first post, and I look forwrd to reading more from you.