Yesterday’s you can hold you back.
Don’t let it.
See yourself differently. New creature. New person. Put off the old. Shed the scales and the skin of self-doubt, self-loathing, unfulfilled expectations, unrealized dreams…today is a new day! Today is your day. Today you are reborn.
And expect to make mistakes. Indeed it may be we learn most from our mistakes and best from the mistakes of others. As a 3rd grader I felt DEVASTATED at misspelling the word “COMING” upsetting my perfect spelling test score. I’ve never misspelled it since.
Fear not mistakes. Brad Barrett recommends “failing fast”(making lots of mistakes early on when the stakes are low) is the way to go (Mendonsa, 2016). L.M. Montgomery’s Anne Shirley possessed a healthy outlook, “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it…yet” (1908).
“So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!” (Seuss, 1990.)
Pro Tip:
Start fresh. Every new breath is a new chance to reform, to improve. Go forth.
References
L.M. Montgomery. (1908). Anne of Green Gables.
Mendonsa, J. (2016, December 19). 002: Why failure matters: Brad Backstory. ChooseFI. Retrieved October 30, 2022, from https://www.choosefi.com/002-choosefi-why-failure-matters-and-how-to-avoid-it/
Seuss, D. (1990). Oh, the places you’ll go! HarperCollins Children’s Books.
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