Mistake.

If your goal is to live better and better with yourself, then mistakes are your best friends ✨

A few years ago, in another professional life, I listened to a talk about a company where mistakes were celebrated. Experimentation was a rule, and what didn’t work was shared, discussed, and celebrated. Because it was through mistakes that people learned, iterated, and evolved. The successes were already there, everything had already been learned, so they didn’t need to be discussed in meetings. But mistakes led to days of celebration and many more ideas and paths.

This has lived in my head for years now, taking up a lot of space without paying rent 😂

Failing is not easy for me. But whenever that feeling arises, I remember this story. I remember what I heard on a video call one random weekday morning, when I had more sleepiness than enthusiasm. A morning I never imagined would stay with me with such intensity.

And I try to move closer to that model. To see the paths that mistakes open. To learn from them instead of scolding myself for them. To expand instead of repress.