So we are in such a space that we might be learning new skills. With the learning of new skills sometimes comes with accepting that there will be new challenges!
Challenges help you. You will find that you are angry, frustrated, or even sad as you push through. This is true when you get in a new session of life. Every new challenge is a way for us to get better. Becoming better sometimes isn’t all about happiness and smiles. So how should you navigate during a difficult or challenging time?
Being Patient in the Pandemic
It’s easier to type and harder to put into practice. It’s necessary to take an extra step into patience. We need more of it daily. Life is hard and you will manage. While you’re in the process of managing, stop being so hard on yourself. You don’t have to have it altogether all the time. You will get it even if you fail your way through. Huh? Yes you can fail your way through to get to success.
Fail Your Way Through
Yes I know we should say it but it has to be said. You can seriously fail at something a few times and find success. It’s not the way we like to get to success but it would be a lie to not act as if it doesn’t happen. It does happen. You will be fine. It hurts. It feels like the end of the world but often times it’s not. The first time I failed a test in college. I felt hurt. My thoughts were how can a straight A student fail?
I didn’t pack up and leave college because of it. I powered through! I graduated from Penn State on time even with switching majors in my second year. Failing sucks. However I know whatever I’ve failed in there is success on the other side if I work hard. I’ve also had failed relationships. Me? Yes, me! I didn’t give up and now I’ll be celebrating 8 years in August.
Failing Gracefully
It’s funny how failure brings you to the best part of your life. I wanted to be an attorney. Lost my job aka let go due to financial restraints with a company and again I felt like I had failed. I was a stay at home mom for years and when it was time to get into the working field, I (cough cough) failed.
I couldn’t jump into a position just because I had a degree. It was through that and many other failures it brought me to my blog. I was graced into it. I felt like I was failing motherhood but it was just my postpartum depression that I was dealing with. Failing gracefully is life’s way of eliminating the things we don’t need in our lives and bringing us to the places that we are supposed to be. It’s almost like life’s way of taking what we feel as failure and bringing us to our greatest victories!
Hurting in the Pandemic
Failure hurts. When I was with my oldest child who was in and out of the hospital and I was the only person cut from my department it hurt. I sat there looking into my daughters eyes and wondering how in the actual world was I supposed to make ends meet. How was I supposed to get the things she needed? She wasn’t even 1 years old yet. Hurt. Pain. Frustration. All of the emotions came over me. However whenever I get into a difficult situation, I remember it. I remember that in the end, I will be just fine. The worse of my life I’ve come out of it and just like the last one I just have to do what I need to do to see greatness again.
Difficulty in the Pandemic
So as we sit in the difficulty of this pandemic we will get through it if we do what we need to do for ourselves. If you’re having a hard time figuring out bills etc. I’ve been there and I know as I made life decisions at the gas pump that it does get better. Putting in $10 of gas so I could get my oldest child formula-oh the joys of not knowing when the next check was coming in!
What Now?
So what should you do? Whatever you need that will help your mental space. Find little things that gets you closer to the goal. When I didn’t have a job or I got rejected from many, I kept with putting applications in. I kept on making sure I didn’t over spend the few dollars I was getting. Worked on my mental space. Wrote down what I wanted to do and found ways to get it done. I couldn’t make a job hire me. Couldn’t make a failing relationship better on my own. I couldn’t figure it all out and I gave myself the grace to not feel as if I had to get it altogether either. It may take months. For me it took years. So there’s not always easy fixes. But push through.
For every fail, I’m learning to walk in the new success.
So grace yourself through difficult situations! As we get through the pandemic!
