How To Fix Your Mistakes
4 steps to correct what you did so that you can move on.
Mistakes were made today. Several actually, and that happens. Immediately, my thoughts went to self-judgment. You’re such a fuck up. Why can’t you get it together, Taylor? But then I remembered, I’m human, and I make mistakes.
I make mistakes a lot when I think about it. I eat foods that I know hurt my stomach. I’ve dated the wrong people. Stayed in relationships longer than I should have. Tried to do the same thing the same way, expecting different results with different scenarios. Lots of mistakes. Lots of being human.
When I was 24, I worked under two women, both of whom I feared while simultaneously holding them up on a pedestal. Imagine the Vikings revering their gods. That was me with them. My fear of them is something I’ll get to one day in a different post, but the lessons I learned from them are what I’m going to talk about today. Specifically, fixing a mistake.
Step One: Own it.
I honestly cannot stand when someone does something and then denies it. I think part of it is because of what I learned from this woman. Be a big person who shows the hell up, who is confident in who they are — admit that you made a mistake. Intentional or not, you did it. Say you did it. I’ll repeat — intentional or not.
