A failure a day

What if we failed at something once every day and kept a record of it? It doesn't have to be a big huge, "oh my goodness my life is over" failure. It could be a "oh crap I can't believe that happened (or didn't happen)" failure. Why would someone do this you ask? I'm not really sure, but it was an idea I thought of and it got stuck in my head. When we fail at something it means we tried to do something that meant something or that we cared about and it didn't work out the way we wanted it to or at all. So if we fail that means that we tried something, we took a risk. This may not even be a failure at all, but maybe just not succeeding the first time (or the second, third, fourth, etc.). The real failure would be to not learn from the unsuccess and not grow from that experience. At first I thought it would be so depressing to everyday think of how you failed. But when I thought more about it I realized what would be more depressing would be to look back on many days/months/years and realize that you only tried once, that once you failed you were done and didn't become a better/stronger/whatever person because of that one failure. I would rather look back at my life and see that of all the failures I created, a whole lot more successes were realized, rather than dreamed about. That is one of my fears, that when I'm old I'll look back on my life and regret not trying something, not taking that risk to do something, or giving up a dream after failing a few (or many) times. If none of my dreams come true, I'd rather that I pursued them than to have not even tried at all. Because in that pursuit is where life is. The dream coming true is just an added bonus that isn't always realized. But if the pursuit of the dream takes place, I think you're all the better for it, no matter what happens at the end of the ride. I don't really know what I'm trying to say. I guess I'm telling myself to not give up, to move ahead, even if I'm not quite sure where I'm going or why. And if that means keeping track of my failures, maybe not every day, but every once in a while, then that's what I need to do. As long as I'm failing then I'm moving foward, and that's about all I can hope for.