Learning Through Fails.

One of the packages life comes with is that you don’t always get what you expect or what you think you deserve. It is just as uncertain as that. But as humans, we all have things we want, things we expect to go a certain way or lead to a certain outcome. And when those things don’t happen, it makes us sad, disappointed even. It happens to everyone, once or twice. Disappointment hurts even more when it comes from people close to us. With those people, we don’t expect that they would do something that would make us sad. Sometimes, it comes unintentionally, but it happens, and it’s not something we canot control.

Speaking of disappointments, I’ve had my own moments where I got disappointed and also disappointed others. It’s a two-way thing. So sometime last year, when I was struggling with my course, something totally new I decided to try out in hopes of making the most out of it. The idea of a "tech sis" sounded so fancy to me and kind of made me imagine this very smart young lady, able to build amazing projects that would help fill a need somewhere in the world. So the moment I got the opportunity, I put myself out there for a try.

Like I said, it was something totally new, so obviously, I needed all the help I could get. I met people who had been in the field much longer than I had, and I made friends with one of my classmates who knew one or two things about our course. I hoped to receive some insights when I got stuck with fixing my errors. But I soon realized his indifference the few times I came to him. We got along well, but when it came to sharing what he knew, it felt like he wasn’t all that willing. He was either too busy, not paying attention to what I was saying, or even telling me I should find a way to go about my problems.

And that, I did. Being someone who isn’t always keen on asking people for help, especially after receiving a lot of "no" from them, I decided to figure things out myself. People who always want to be the best in everything have trouble helping others for fear that they might become better than them, and that was what I discovered, that was the kind of person he was. It was hard for me to cope at the beginning, but I sourced other means of solving my problems. YouTube videos and tutorials came in handy. I was learning from professionals in the field and at my own pace too.

During the course of trying to fix my problems, I made my own little discoveries from my trials and errors. I found some hacks that could help me solve my problems faster and smarter. It is one of the things I admire about doing things myself, I stumble over little helpful tricks that could save me a lot of time while working on my projects. At a time during our course, the company gave us a task to accomplish and it came with a prize. I was nervous at first seeing that it'd basically be me and myself against the task, but I put in my best work and I was happy to have even gone a long way to come in first during the presentation day. So yeah, disppontments make us feel bad at some point but who knows what will happen if you decide not to give up? Something better might come along your way.

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