Hi Elaine. Thank you for sharing your failures. Since you asked for ours, here are mine: I got a Master’s Degree in a very specific field of art history but never got a proper job in it because I’m not the academic I thought I was. Then I took a certificate course in phlebotomy (one of three certificates that I don’t use, actually) because I thought that was where the jobs were, then realized I don’t enjoy sticking people with needles. Currently I work in a big box retail store because I’m afraid of getting a job with more responsibility and then failing at it. But I take inspiration from your experiences looking for a job, and in particular, how your life turned out for the better because of your “failure” of not going to Canada. Thank you. ❤️☘️
Hi! Wurzel here in NZ ;-) Thanks Elaine, that was gutsy and greatly appreciated. Your shared insights are of immense value to us, and you are absolutely correct, most ppl do tend to avoid disclosing or discussing the things they have failed at. "Fail" is a strong word tho, I prefer to say "not quite succeed at" … but maybe that's a cop-out :-) It appears, going by your examples template, that clearly I have failed at a fair number of things in my 66 years on this mortal coil. One thing I have always been successful at tho is giving new things a shot. I'm a firm believer in 'when one door closes, another one opens,' a natural-law that you are discovering for yourself it seems! I came across this rather kool quote in a novel by Jim Kelly just today: ' ...no time to dwell. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." Edward FitzGerald' Caio for now ;-)
Hi Elaine. Thank you for sharing your failures. Since you asked for ours, here are mine: I got a Master’s Degree in a very specific field of art history but never got a proper job in it because I’m not the academic I thought I was. Then I took a certificate course in phlebotomy (one of three certificates that I don’t use, actually) because I thought that was where the jobs were, then realized I don’t enjoy sticking people with needles. Currently I work in a big box retail store because I’m afraid of getting a job with more responsibility and then failing at it. But I take inspiration from your experiences looking for a job, and in particular, how your life turned out for the better because of your “failure” of not going to Canada. Thank you. ❤️☘️
I am a sculptor who don't sculpt, I am a writer who don't write, I am a failure but I am alive, and tomorrow is another day !
Hi! Wurzel here in NZ ;-) Thanks Elaine, that was gutsy and greatly appreciated. Your shared insights are of immense value to us, and you are absolutely correct, most ppl do tend to avoid disclosing or discussing the things they have failed at. "Fail" is a strong word tho, I prefer to say "not quite succeed at" … but maybe that's a cop-out :-) It appears, going by your examples template, that clearly I have failed at a fair number of things in my 66 years on this mortal coil. One thing I have always been successful at tho is giving new things a shot. I'm a firm believer in 'when one door closes, another one opens,' a natural-law that you are discovering for yourself it seems! I came across this rather kool quote in a novel by Jim Kelly just today: ' ...no time to dwell. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." Edward FitzGerald' Caio for now ;-)
Thank you for sharing, Elaine! I dropped out of high school.
I've also paid for courses I never finished. A shame. Your friend is right that no one really cares that much.
SO glad you didn't move to Canada =)
Me too 🥰🥰
She certainly failed to get to the point I'm out
Bye 👋🏼👋🏼