I hate failing. There seems to be a worship of failing in the Tech community that boggles my mind. I don’t “get it.” Fail fast, fail often, failing helps you learn, etc.
No, failure = losing in my book. Anyone competitive hates to lose. It just isn’t in me to revel in losing.
But back to me failing. I failed on a personal level. I started the year at 198 lbs, and 6 months later I’m 190. It’s been no progress in the past 3 months. Basically, my bad habits have made me fail at shedding 25 lbs by the summertime.
Sure, I can still lose weight (and will). I’ll eventually get to where I need to go. I just don’t like the idea that this failure is something I should be happy about.
So while I hate takeaways in failure, it’s pretty much the only thing “positive” in failure. As Jim Morrison says, “Hold on to your depression; that’s where you learn”
So here’s what I learned in failing.
- I didn’t start with a plan
- Once I got a plan, and saw the results ( hey, I lost 8 pounds after all….)
- I didn’t stick to the plan
- I got overwhelmed in life, which left me exposed to bad habits.
- Consistency is key.
- There is no magic bullet. Except with magical guns.
Kat Duncan says
Are you sure that’s “plateauing” when it comes to exercise? If you don’t change up your routine enough you will hit a wall in terms of weight loss/muscle gain
TomTancredi says
It’s more like “hey, I eat so much delicious falafel and pizza” plateau than a “my pecs are the size of oranges and my kneecap can break a walnut…” plateau