While playing a video game, we often lose.
After losing, we return to the last saved game and try again. Shouldn’t we apply this straightforward rule to our lives? Once we lose (e.g., we won’t be promoted, we won’t get to the job we dreamed of, or we won’t get to the University we hoped to get to), shouldn’t we analyze and learn of what we should try to correct and adjust, and then, if we still have the same aim, try to repeat to reach our goal? Regarding the analysis mentioned above, I do not doubt that we should not overthink it.
Perhaps it would be wise to ask someone else for advice.
Nevertheless, the worst thing we could do for ourselves is to fall into despair and depression because we did not accomplish our aim. Do we cry once we lose in a video game? Assuming you are not a young kid, I doubt you cry when you lose a game. While writing all these things, I asked myself whether giving up and changing our plans without reaching our initial goal is not the ultimate failure. I would not say so. I believe that sometimes giving up and redirecting our effort and work towards more meaningful and most crucial goals is true wisdom, not a failure.
Who told us we should stick to one aim (e.g., of becoming a doctor) for our whole life?
Life, on the one hand, is truly short. On the other hand, I believe that life is long enough so that we can explore many directions and stick to one aim, but that aim does not have to be our lifelong aim. During our journey called life, we could have many different goals, and we can meander between them, while simply enjoying the process and life, with our wins and failures.
