Personal Narrative: Static And Progressive Failure

I felt the walls caving in. It was February of junior year, my grades were falling, my friends were disappearing, and I was struggling to find a prom date. I was at a dead end, I needed to change direction but there was nowhere to go. I decided to create a path. It started with a notebook, and continues on to this moment. I wrote a few words, paused, considered stopping. I doubted a notebook could help me. Something pushed me to finish. I posed a question, “Why am I writing in here?” The answer came quickly, “Problems,” it was simple, yet perfect. A blur of words began to fill the pages, each question progressed upon the previous answer, each problem had a solution. It amazed me, I no longer saw a dead end, instead I stood in front of a path of endless possibilities. …show more content…
Crippled by fear of rejection, I’d been considering not going. The first question “What’s so bad about rejection?” led to a predictable response of “Embarrassment.” I began offering myself advice, and ultimately decided there were two types of failure; Static and Progressive. Static failure is choosing to fail, no effort is made to succeed and there is no opportunity learn and grow, as a result the same mistakes will be made over and over again. Progressive failure is the root of success, despite short term failure it creates a new experience which can be used for future success. My entire attitude changed, suddenly rejection wasn’t such a big deal, at worst I’d achieve progressive failure. Behind this new attitude I was able to overcome my fear and ask someone to