Today is Rubber Eraser day. Yes – really – it really is. I’m not making it up! What I found thought provoking is Rubber Eraser Day comes the day after Reach as High as You Can Day.
Think about it – when you STRETCH yourself to reach as high as you can, when you push yourself out of your comfort zone, when you implement new ideas, you are bound to make some “mistakes.”
It’s unrealistic to think you can try something new and do it perfectly the first time. The most important part of the new experience is to figure out what worked – and what you want to do differently the next time. When you make mistakes, you want to extract the lesson from the experience.
However, sometimes we let the “mistakes” pull us back. We let the mistakes discourage us. We let the mistakes hold us back from reaching as high as we can.
My tip to mitigate being “pulled back,” celebrate Rubber Eraser Day and “erase” the past and so you can move forward with confidence. Learn from the experience, then erase the negative feeling associated with the experience, and move on.
Your turn! What have you learned from your mistakes? And how do you encourage yourself to keep going? Comment below!
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I had no idea! I better start making mistakes so I can use my rubber.
I think it’s okay to reflect on the past, just don’t stare at it! Learn from those errors you’ve made and move on. Life is a ‘work in progress’ and am always tweaking methods and ways.
Mary – I agree! The value is in the evaluation, not in the obsessing! thanks for your comment!
stretching can be tiring:) just saying :)
Rubber erasing day I like though :)
Smiles, Emilia!
I don’t remember where I heard of read this. It fits right in today.
“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.”
PERFECT Florence!!!!! Thanks!
Imagine that! I never thought there’s such a day. And to be celebrated right after Reach as High as You Can Day? You’ve put it there perfectly. We make mistakes when we try harder. And that’s reason enough to celebrate this day. Thank God for rubber erasers! :)
Agreed, Lux, thank goodness for pencils and erasers!!!!