Fails Are Lessons (part II)

Fails...sometimes are the hottest things on the net, or life, or with your bestie.  But when it happens to you...eh, no so much.

As a writer, or in the writing community it sucks to fail, or receive that dreaded rejection letter.  But we go on.  Uneasy, chipped, and bruised, but we move forward.  We may go to Pintrest, and look at inspirational quotes, or Google them, or just get out the house to get away from them.  But they happen, and we deal with them.

Most of us as writers, have other jobs that take time away from what we love (uh writing).  And even that can sometime be a struggle, or race.  We always need something that is financially lucrative enough to make a living, but also something that won't suck up all our time.  

So lately, not only have I been failing in stories being declined for magazines, but now also my resume has been receiving a bunch of rejection letters.   

So I did what most of us do, I got down on myself, but only briefly. I know things take time, and a win is just around the corner.  I just have to keep at it. 




On Sundays, I tweet with brand influencer @marshawright -- #thinkBIGSundayWithMarsha.  It's always a good time, and uplifting.  I was able to do some tweeting and get my mood back up.  The tweet I sent out, got me some attention--and who doesn't like attention?

However the end result was I felt better.  I was connecting with people, I gave some honest effort, and a positive response occurred. The same can occur with my writing or my job hustle.

I'm back on the writing train.  It's summer, I've finished a short story, and will start submitting it to different outlets.  Will I fail--maybe...but probably not.  The important thing is I will never know if I don't try.  

I'm going to keep grinding, and I hope that you are going to do the same--Keep Grinding!  You may have some fails, and they maybe ultimate internet worthy...however, keep going, keep grinding until you find your success.  

Remember you can follow me on twitter @former402poet or on instagram @poet402.  Thank you for taking the time to read and remember: 

YOU CAN FAIL FORWARD ALL THE TIME!! 

peace  

Failure & Success pt I

You tried to succeed at it, but didn't.  You had that fire in your belly, and had your sights on that feeling of being top dog.  You set the goal, and worked daily to make it happen.  

But for whatever reason, it didn't happen, the expected outcome didn't happen, you came up just a bit short, you failed.

So you feel bad, you feel low, you feel like  the bug, that was squashed under foot of the goal you just failed.  

• You have the right to feel that way.  
• You have the right to be angry.  
• You have the right to work, get up, and try again

Failing sucks.  But it is an occurrence that happens in the present, it is up to you to ensure that it is placed in past, and not an occurrence that happens in the future.  We all have had experiences in which we didn't come out on top. 

However those who have experienced success, has gotten back up.

It is the "get up,"get back", and "get them" mentality that you have to have. Not only when it comes to failure, but in life.  Trying new things is a part of life. Trying new things and succeeding in them, or failing is also part of it.  

If you allow the possibility of failure to end your decision to try something new, then  you've failed!  We learn in our failures, we find out what doesn't work in our failures, we see what we've done wrong.  

In success we apply these lessons correctly, and the outcome is vastly different.

So get out there and try!  Get out there, try and fail!  Get out there, try, fail, & learn.  Once you learn how to succeed, then you will--indefinitely!  I know you can, now it's just up to you to believe!