1. I’m realizing more and more the reasons i get discouraged easily: 1. I get pictures in my head that are unrealistic 2. I attempt things i’m not good at and expect perfection These are terrible qualities of mine in my opinion because of the fact that i quit something before i have a chance to excel in it. The well known and frequently referred to quote “Practice makes perfect” is non-existant in my life. If i’m not good at something immediately, i quit and never get the chance to practice. I’ve been trying to change that recently as i venture into the world of design and motion graphics. As you can see from this picture, this is not very good work. I experimented with it many different ways, but nothing was satisfying my inner picture of what it should look like. I’m beginning to understand the concept of becoming better at things down the road, although that didn’t stop me from throwing a “hissy-fit” and vigorously close out of the program and fail to save it out of the anguish i suffered seeing it wasn’t perfect. All of this to say: This is a big area in my life that needs to be changed. You learn more from failures than success, and i don’t give myself that opportunity. I’m cutting myself short. 

    I’m realizing more and more the reasons i get discouraged easily:

    1. I get pictures in my head that are unrealistic

    2. I attempt things i’m not good at and expect perfection

    These are terrible qualities of mine in my opinion because of the fact that i quit something before i have a chance to excel in it. The well known and frequently referred to quote “Practice makes perfect” is non-existant in my life. If i’m not good at something immediately, i quit and never get the chance to practice. I’ve been trying to change that recently as i venture into the world of design and motion graphics.

    As you can see from this picture, this is not very good work. I experimented with it many different ways, but nothing was satisfying my inner picture of what it should look like. I’m beginning to understand the concept of becoming better at things down the road, although that didn’t stop me from throwing a “hissy-fit” and vigorously close out of the program and fail to save it out of the anguish i suffered seeing it wasn’t perfect.

    All of this to say: This is a big area in my life that needs to be changed. You learn more from failures than success, and i don’t give myself that opportunity. I’m cutting myself short. 

    1 year ago  /  Notes