Insights

The problem with setting and trying to achieve goals is that they take work. Sometimes we make choices based on the fact that we don't want to do the work. But later, when these choices impact our ability to achieve our goals, we realize how poor the choices were. This is when we have the chance to learn. Too often though, we don't choose to learn. We choose to make excuses, to get angry, to blame and we don't take responsibility for our actions. But when we stop reacting, there is a moment when we have the clarity to look back, assess and learn. It isn't a long moment and it isn't easy to look back at your own choices and admit that you made a mistake. It is even harder to take admitting the mistake to the next level where we accept the responsibility, take the learning experience for what it is, and move on. It is easier to glaze over those poor choices, to not take the time to admit anything and placate our egos.

But when we do learn from these experiences, we grow. This growth on the journey to accomplishing our goals is why we set goals in the first place. But sometimes we forget that.

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I decided to tackle a lifelong goal. It isn't glamorous but I wanted to take Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. It is just something that I have always wanted to do. So I decided to take Microeconomics online. Already, the journey to achieving this goal has been insightful. I haven't made some good choices about time. I lost 10% of my mark through carelessness. I have had to face some truths about not being as organized as I thought I was. I have had to face some serious weaknesses - it might make you laugh - but I really don't see graphical relationships easily. Especially with abstract concepts. So here I am, taking a subject that has always fascinated me and through the course, realizing my own weaknesses. Who would have thought that all this would come from taking an online class? Don't judge. Yes, I am having "revelations" from taking an online economics course. Remember, this is a blog. There is a limit to the intensity of sharing on here. ;-)

And so I grow...