Blog 59

The biggest mistakes for me are not things that I have done, but things that I do not do. The only regrets I ever have are not taking opportunities handed to me. Whether it be a relationship with someone I could have made, a scholarship I could have received (if only I had written that essay), or even a job interview I didn’t take. Recently, my dad told me about a pharmacist at Meijer he had run into who he started up a conversation with. After my father brags to the pharmacist about my life (which he does a lot, just like any other father), the pharmacist told him to tell me to come visit him and job shadow him. My direction is heading towards pharmacy and I was excited to here this from my dad, but I never ended up going. I feel like this was an opportunity handed to me that I didn’t take up. Also, I find it a huge mistake when people don’t learn from their mistakes. One of the biggest importances in my life is learning from experiences. Sometimes I consider making mistakes just so that I can have those experiences and then learn from them. You don’t know those lines until you cross them, right? Just like when my girlfriends are talking to a guy that some of our friends dislike. I tell them to keep with it just because if the guy turns out to be a total douchebauge, they can learn what they don’t like in someone and then find a better one next time. I think it’s important especially at this age to learn from mistakes.