You have to let your setbacks haunt you.
Finally, one month before I turn 25, I’ve started to feel the quote, “Be afraid of being in the same place as you were a year before.” Literally a year ago, on this very day, I probably had the same feelings I’m having today. I was worried about the same setbacks I am worried about today. I probably didn’t take action then, and I’m scared that I will repeat that again.
Today I can feel the fear of repeating my mistakes. I should finally be able to learn from my setbacks. I hope this is a good sign, and hopefully this can finally help me get started. I like to really plan to the last detail, but this trait of mine holds me back quite a lot. It restrains me from starting something that I think I should do. Over the past year, I have tried to learn that just because I like being prepared, I can’t just keep sitting and waiting to take action.
That is never going to make anything happen. By God’s grace, I think of good ideas, then I spend some time on them, putting thought into them and trying to make them something “worthy.” And then I just sit on it. I really don’t know why. But this time I’m so scared of my setbacks from last year that I think I will be finally forced by my subconscious mind to take action.
And it’s not that I’m scared to put myself out there. I am neither scared of judgment nor do I have anything to lose. It’s just that I’m so in the habit of thinking and not executing that laziness takes over. Everybody has ideas, but only the people who take action become successful. And I want to be one of them.
I want to be one of the people who learn and move on from their setbacks. I have to realize that I can’t just sit around and waste another year to come back to the same place once again. I know I can do it, and I know I have it in me. I just need to start. That’s it. And so do you.
Until next time, Adios amigo!
My experience with setbacks has been constant throughout my life because of a number of entrance exams I have failed in my life. You can read about it HERE!
