Celebrating Failure

I have failed time and time again with time management; however, now it doesn’t feel as if it was time management but that I spread myself too thin. At the beginning of my academic career I was faced with this silly thing called responsibility, look it up it’s a pretty crazy thing, and I was unprepared to handle such a beast. Late submission, missing assignments, late night cramming sessions were all a reality that keep taking their toll. This couldn’t continue as this was a track that only had one path; failure. As a result, I did what any sane person would do, I adapted! Adapt or die, is something we learn in biology. A species can either adapt to their environment or face extinction and I refuse to wither. I perfected my time management skill while under fire, learning from every mismanaged moment and accepting it as a lesion. Now, looking back I see that I would never have made it this far without change, and it is that change that will allow me to move forward.  

  

A friend once told me “take one bite of the elephant at a time, and bite the most important parts”, in simple term; take thing one step at a time and make sure to prioritize. I currently own and help run a family business, have a full-time class schedule, conduct research, volunteer, apply to medical schools, and maintain a high intensity workout regimen on a regular basis. You would say that this is too much, but what choice do I have. It is a “doggy dog world” out there and to be considered competitive within the medical field it must be done. So, I have no choice but to confront this monster head on and come out victories. With that said, I’m sure you understand that without making those changes I would have never reached this point.

This course has only reinforced my perception. Failure is only but a lesion, we can choose to accept that or fall under its heavy grasp. Every instant that I failed in only made me stronger and showed me what not to do next. Yes, it was hard to stare failure in the face but, once the tears clear up and my heart returned from my gut, I got back up and said “never again”. It’s okay to show what many perceive as weakness as they could not be more wrong, moments like these only help you recover. “Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.”, these are words from one of my many favorite films, Batman Begins, and they could not be more true. As we fail we shouldn’t see it as an end but only as the beginning to a new and better you.