Failures are difficult times, they are difficult on many levels. Not meeting goals, the sense of worthlessness, all the negativity. It is really hard to put up with. How do you navigate life's challenges?
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you don't really have a choice
aint nutin to it but to do it
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I think you're right. As a cancer survivor I find a lot of validity in this. It isn't always convenient but sometimes you just need to do what you can and hope things work out.
How do you overcome it?
All I can tell you is, looking back, things aren't quite as grave as you might think they are. Unless your situation involves devastating health to yourself or loved ones, basically everything else is a learning opportunity and a chance to reset. Even in the health area many things can be overcome. I'll admit when going through the hard challenges, things feel dire, but life goes on.
What's important is to gain clarity on what matters to you. I mean what REALLY matters. making MD by 35 doesn't really matter. Not getting in to H/W/M/S/B MBA doesn't really matter. At most they are setbacks. One thing the IB prototype person needs to understand is that, unlike the structured track that IB appears to be in UG, life is not a straight line. Many twists and turns completely out of your control. How you navigate them is up to you and is what makes life interesting. During your working life, markets will appear and disappear, large companies will go away, pandemics will change the world in an instant. Think about what you really want to accomplish and based on your situation, what are the best tracks to do that? There's no real formula and here's a little secret, as much as we like to think we are in control...there's lots of luck involved (good timing vs. bad timing).
Success is getting back up after each failure. You only lose when you stop trying. Just keep going.
I am thinking of going to a therapist, anyone here has good experience working with a therapist?
hey harshbask, I've written about this in some prior threads but the TLDR is this
1. reflect (by myself) on what's causing me despair
2. focus on what's controllable and fix that or get on the path to fixing it
3. meditate on the rest and surrender to those things you cannot change
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