Bouncing Back From Failure

You have to give yourself a chance to fail first 💯

Dezzy asked to take her teddy bear to theater camp today. She said she didn't know why she just wants to take it 🤷‍♀️

I am pretty sure I know why.

She told me last night she was nervous because everyone at camp about the audition and how great it went.

Not getting a callback makes that a little hard to face. 😬

It's unnerving to face people when we fall short on our goals. I have grown adults in my Wellness Group who won't even tell their own spouse that they're working on getting healthy.

People in their 50s who won't tell their co-workers not to offer them donuts because they want to feel their best.

People not telling friends, family or even me sometimes, about what they want to accomplish. What they are working toward.

I am guilty of it too.

Not wanting to put my dreams out there in case I fall short in front of all of you so publicly.

Things are a little tender today. I get it. 🥺

I also know that the more people that know about your goals the more likely you are to reach them.

The louder you are about your commitments, the more accountability you create for yourself.

When you tell the right people about what you want, they will help you get there.

Telling everybody was the right call 💯

The right people also won't hold it against you when you fall short, because frankly you're doing better than everybody out there who's not even trying. Your true people will be proud of you 🙌

I would rather any one of you put yourself out there and fall flat on your face, then sit in fear and never do anything.

Failure while trying is significantly better than failure while hiding.

You may have to take your teddy bear to camp for a couple of days to get past it, but you'll get the chance to go for it again and it will be worth it.

We aren't living scared y'all. Life is way too short