Assignment 26A - Celebrating Failure - Darren Liebegott

Assignment 26A - Celebrating Failure - Darren Liebegott

1) Something that I failed to do during this past semester is find the time to rebuild the privacy fence on the back side of my property. After the storms that we had this past hurricane season, my fence has been leaning to one side, and I have been meaning to put some new sections up to minimize the damage. However, between work, school, and other family functions, I have failed to fix it just yet. I plan to work on completing this task between this semester and the start of Summer C.

2) Something that I learned from this experience is that while it seems as if I never have time to complete this task, in reality there have been times when I could have gotten the job done but chose to do other things. I have realized that the sooner I finish the fence, the sooner I can focus on more important tasks and not have to worry about doing it.

3) It is difficult to admit that we fail at things, but if we learn from the experience at least something positive can come from it. I tend to handle failure by trying to focus on getting better on something else, like exercising more, or planning different study habits. While these are good traits to utilize while recovering from failure, they still don't fix the initial problem. This class has helped me to realize that failure is an inevitable part of succeeding. Failure just proves that you are putting yourself out there enough to experience growth opportunities in your life. I plan to handle my failures head on after this semester. As soon as I see that I may be failing at something, I will work towards correcting it immediately rather trying to wait for the right time, in which there may never be.