Celebrating Failure Assignment 26A

Celebrating Failure
by Jenna Jaeger


A past time I have failed this semester is at work. A little background information is that I work at a restaurant and we have shelves that are high that I have to refill once or twice a week. I am too short so I have to use a step-ladder to refill them, so it takes me a long time. I also have small hands, so when stocking these shelves, I have difficulty holding onto everything in my hands.

So one day, while I was refilling the shelves, I slipped and fell and dropped over 50 plastic lids all over the floor and twisted my ankle. I ended up spraining my ankle and bruising my ego pretty badly. I went back to work determined not to drop anything. I tried holding fewer lids, balancing them on the palm of my hand, and a few other methods to get these shelves filled as efficiently as possible.

I was taught that I just needed to slow down from this experience. I was being clumsy in other aspects of my life and once I sprained my ankle my doctor told me the clumsiness could be caused by stress. I decided to just take a deep breath and slow down a little when stocking the shelves and I haven't dropped anything since. It's become fun for me to not drop anything, like a little achievement of my day.

Failure is hard especially when it's in front of other people. My coworkers weren't tracking my progress, but my embarrassment was at a peak and I felt like I had something to prove. I handle failure pretty hard at first. I definitely mope about it for a day or two before realizing I can change it. This class has taught me that recognizing failure and finding solutions are closely related. Not everything will come out a success and this class has taught me that. I would say this class has made me more of a risk-taker than a few months ago.

Comments

  1. David Jacobs11/28/2018 6:15 PM

    One thing you should always remember is that it doesn't matter who sees you fail, the point is that you learn from it and grow as an individual. I am a server too, and I have dropped stuff on my way to getting it to customers as well, so I can relate perfectly with your failure. You are a really intelligent girl and I know for sure that you know how to accept failure and don't make the same mistakes over again.

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  2. Martha Jacobs12/02/2018 3:39 PM

    I think it is really good that you learned from your failure. Your experience reminds me of the quote: slow and steady wins the race. I try to use that motto when I do everything from personal projects to school work to long distance running. When I rush through school work and projects I usually make more mistakes so I try my best not to and when I am running for a few miles I do not sprint because then I won't have enough energy to run the rest of the miles.

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