I Quit before hitting the last shot!

I think I cannot make it to the end!

How often have you come across a person’s profile who seems to be doing good?

Apparently every second person in my feed seems to be more successful than what I consider myself to be. Better said than done, the grass always looks greener on the other side. People have been throbbing hard enough to crush their lifetime goals during these times of lockdown. Some are painting, while others are writing, some grabbing certificates, and some chilling. Whereas I could find myself floating in the boats of uncertainties, ending up being more doomed.

As the lockdown was imposed I was high on curiosity to explore the times ahead. With planning my days, weeks, and months ahead I tiptoed my journey! I quickly made plans to improve my routines, probably to add in a touch of fitness and work-life balance. Soon after a week or so in the lockdown, I had myself on yoga plans and certain online courses.

Eager and enthusiastic I was in the notion of running a marathon by just preparing for a sprint.

Is this the case with all of us?

We all start with a huge impulse. Slashing through the goals is how we see ourselves at the start. Isn’t it? But what happens next? The speed with which we start doesn’t seem to accelerate and drive us to our very destinations. Why is it so that we fall off our lanes midway through the routes?

All throughout my life I have been going through the same. With high anxiety levels on the first day to dull and sick emotions midway which ultimately leads to failure. With these routines of failures, I have somewhere made peace with my life being average. With the notion that I no longer am capable of doing so much like others, I quit. I gave off all my online courses probably the second week and yoga now seems to be forgotten amidst the chaos.

From the last two months, I haven’t crushed any major goals which I started with. Somehow I have come to this learning that “Things take time.” I believe that we are so starved for the results that we often overlook the process. Success will knock your doors if you wait long enough to complete its journey.

Why I have been failing despite constant efforts? A question we all come across sometime in our lives. Where we drop down to considering ourselves not worthy of achieving our own goals.

All the people to whom we end up comparing ourselves would be practicing so hard behind the social media scenes. On social media, we are only exposed to what they make us see. Their consistent efforts to excel were never noticed by us and hence we do not stand in a position to judge their success and feel threatened inside. They might have been learning and working so hard to what they are today!

Now the very next question says, so for how long we need to practice?

• I would say learning is a lifetime process. And to keep up the spirit practicing consistently is the key.
• The moment you find yourself drowning towards the thought of not able to achieve is the very moment you need to start off afresh.

The next thought striking my mind is: What if we still don’t achieve any leads?

I would say, trying is never enough! If you are so determined to have it work this time why not try giving it another shot?

If things failed last time now you hold the experience to overcome them.

You haven’t tried enough! — Said a friend of mine which gave me the inspiration to pen down these thoughts for you!

Ask yourself if you’re failing again.

Have you tried enough to at least understand the failure?
Or do you still wonder where you went wrong?

Have you tried enough to not fail?
Or do you still wonder if you’re just an average?

Have you tried enough to make yourself worthy of this?
Or do you suppress yourself?

Believe me, I agreed to not trying enough to improve my fitness routine.

• I did not try enough to learn that one skill for which I end up joining all courses.
• My attempts to find a potential employer for the next job do not suffice when I did not try enough to upskill myself.
• I did not try enough to improve my situations and thus I hold myself solely responsible for where I stand today.
• I did not try enough to change my attitude towards life and thus I find myself juggling through the potholes every day.

We all aim to attain so much, strive to see success come down our lanes, quest to taste the victory at the end, but somewhere down the line we all are

Not Trying Enough!

To climb the ladder of success first step on the ladder and keep climbing until the top.

My sincere advice would be to start now. Start with the aim to at least understand why you failed so many times!

I learned this way and am now starting again right here, right now!

What about you?

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