We all make mistakes. Whether that be in school or in a test or within our life outside of academics. Sometimes things don’t go the way we want them to, and it hurts ____1___ we realize that things aren’t the way we want them to be.
I wanted to write this article for all of you because I feel like we focus too often on trying to be perfect, on achieving the highest scores or going through life __2___ _____2___ we were walking on train tracks, thinking that we’ll never diverge a little from the route we have planned for ourselves.
But I would like to share a different opinion with you about something that I think is extremely valuable.
The mistakes we make are incredibly important. They teach us so many lessons about ourselves, lessons that we wouldn’t otherwise learn, and through them we discover parts of us that we didn’t know existed.
That could be as simple as realizing that we are really bad at factorizing equations, or something a little bigger, such as that we don’t do well on certain tests _____3___ we just haven’t developed great study habits and can’t get ourselves to stand up and study for a test. Mistakes don't have to spark life-changing realizations. Maybe we just had a really bad day, and that is perfectly fine.
Especially now, it’s so easy to lose focus, feel a little lost within a world that seems to not really understand what’s going on itself, and to make more mistakes than usual, have worse grades than usual.
We shouldn’t forget what an effect the entire COVID crisis has had on our mental health and our wellbeing. It ___4____ not always be present. School life has returned to a weird normalcy these days. Tests still have to be written, ___5____ we’re all watching as the cases rise time and time again. Projects are still assigned, ___6____ ____6___ we are worried for our grandparents at home. Exams are still held – even though we’ve spent months missing class or learning online, trying to make home a place for school.
These are extremely difficult times, and for that we should all cut ourselves a little slack. For the sake of our wellbeing, for the sake of our mental health, and for the sake of finding peace with ourselves to get through these next months together.
We have to start forgiving ourselves for our mistakes, the small errors, the big ones, the confused ones. We have the right to make mistakes and learn from them, and ___7____ _____7___ beating ourselves up over those mistakes, I think we should all stand up and give our former selves a hug, wipe off the tears, say thank you for the strength they have given us to get through these incredibly difficult months, and forgive ourselves.
That might sound super dramatic for something as simple as a factorizing error, but I know __8____ ____8____ I start stressing when I get something wrong, how I start to question myself and my capabilities.
I’m telling you, embrace those mistakes you make. Carry them with you as a sign of resilience and a sign of having been able to carry on through an incredibly difficult time. Be proud of these mistakes. Let them be a reminder of everything you have accomplished, and a reminder that you are wonderful - not despite, but because of these mistakes.
Mistakes show us that we are human, and we are continuing on our journey to learn and grow, so don’t let yourself spiral the next time you make a mistake.
Instead, embrace them as you would an old friend and then move forward.
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