I’m done making my standard New Year’s Resolutions, which are almost always:
- Lose weight
- Eat healthier
- Be a better person
Booooring!
Plus, I never accomplish them anyway. So this year I decided to set myself up for success rather than failure –by giving myself permission to make mistakes.
That’s right. This year I resolve to make as many mistakes as possible. To let it happen. To not try and stop it. To have every kind of experience possible, not fear failure, and to learn from it all I can.
Seems to me that’s the best way to live. And I’m all about living the best way I can anymore. Last year certainly taught me that!
And there must be something to this kind of thinking, because look at just a few of the great quotes I found about it!
“If I had my life to live over… I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.” ~Nadine Stair~
“Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.” ~Al Franken~
“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” ~Sophia Loren~
“She had an unequalled gift… of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.” ~Henry James~
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