I almost named this post Failures, but I don't like that word very much. There are a couple of different things that I could label as failures this weekend, but I prefer to call them misses. The word failure has such a negative connotation that it has a tendency to make people give up on what they were attempting. I have no intention of allowing that to happen, so I'm going to go with the word miss. It's much easier to attempt something again if you just missed as opposed to failing.
The first miss was in regards to this blog. My original intention was to have a new blog post every day this year, but I did not post anything yesterday. While I was out of town playing in a Magic tournament, in my eyes that is not a good reason for not posting anything yesterday. This relates back to my post about choices from Friday. I could have chosen to write something ahead of time and have it ready to post yesterday, but I didn't. I could have taken a little time yesterday between rounds of the tournament to write something, but I didn't. I made the choice to not post anything.
While I'm certainly unhappy with myself for not making the choices necessary to have a post yesterday, I'm still very happy with the blog so far. Even though I will not be able to achieve the goal of a blog post every day, I still intend to post every day going forward. I need to be more aware of days where it will be difficult for me to post in the future and make plans accordingly.
The other big miss this weekend came from the Magic tournament itself. Unfortunately, I did not do well in the event. Again, I have no one to blame but myself. I could have prepared more for the event and had a better shot at winning, but I didn't. I did watch two of my friends do well in the tournament, though. I also realized how much I miss tournament Magic and it has rekindled my fire for the following year of competition, so it was not a total loss.
This weekend has really driven home my post on Choices. I find it enlightening that it happened so soon after I posted it. I am not happy with some of the choices that I made this weekend, but I realize that I have no one to blame but myself. I made those choices and I have to live with the misses they caused. Reflecting on these decisions will allow me to make better choices going forward.
-Eddie
good post. Blame is not a word I like to use even on myself. To me it has a very negative connotation. Consider what happened the result of bad choices. Blame doesn't enter into the consequences of those choices.
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