Tamske
Writing...
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I agree with the "success is subjective" these. For me it's reaching a goal you want to reach and getting positive feedback on those things.
If somebody says my choice of fashion is awful, I don't see it as a failure because I don't care about fashion.
If my students earn good marks on their exams (exams which reflect the learning goals, of course!), that's a success (for me as well as for the students themselves) because it means I've taught them well. And I care about that, I want to be a good teacher.
If hubby takes a second helping from whatever I cooked, that's a success. A small one indeed, but whatever - it makes me happy.
Right now I'm teetering on a decision about my science fiction novel. I've worked on it for more than a year, but it doesn't seem right and I can't make it work, despite my best efforts. Should I abandon the project? Giving up is a failure indeed, but maybe it's better to admit failure and start a new one than to keep up flogging a dead horse. But is that horse really dead? I don't know.
If somebody says my choice of fashion is awful, I don't see it as a failure because I don't care about fashion.
If my students earn good marks on their exams (exams which reflect the learning goals, of course!), that's a success (for me as well as for the students themselves) because it means I've taught them well. And I care about that, I want to be a good teacher.
If hubby takes a second helping from whatever I cooked, that's a success. A small one indeed, but whatever - it makes me happy.
Right now I'm teetering on a decision about my science fiction novel. I've worked on it for more than a year, but it doesn't seem right and I can't make it work, despite my best efforts. Should I abandon the project? Giving up is a failure indeed, but maybe it's better to admit failure and start a new one than to keep up flogging a dead horse. But is that horse really dead? I don't know.