Success and challenges

What is success and what is failure? I like many people, have always been afraid of failure, which many times has stopped me from doing the things I wanted to do. I've also had very high expectations and want to do everything perfect which was also a deterrant on getting started or completing a project.  Now days I'm trying my best to have realistic expectations so I don't set myself up to failure.  I am also staying active and taking care of the things I need to before they become a problem.  Added to all this I've learned to look at problems as challenges and not giving up at the first obstacle.

Blogging gives me great practice in all of these. For one although I was afraid to put my writing out there and still am I am doing it. The trying to make it perfect is a constant challenge, but I am working through it.  For example eventhough the design of my blog was not yet absolutely what I wanted I've published it and continue to improve it as I go. I could sit and design for days until I am completely satisfied, but I don't have the time, nor is my body willing to go through that.  So, I work on it and as long as I am able to make one improvement I am satisfied.  I have also put myself on a schedule so that I don't blog for days and forget all my other obligations. Lastly for this blog I chose the Simple Blogger design modify some fonts and voila!  I know I need to work on it more, but for now the most important thing is writing my posts.

Celebrating my success instead of looking at what I still can't fix, well I am truly happy that I was able to find a design I liked for my other blog and it looks great.  I found out this week it has a problem with the thumbnails on the summaries of the post on the main page, but instead of scrapping it or spending hours trying to fix it I have sent a message to the designer and hopefully she can help me out.  If she doesn't answer I will research how to fix it and if I still can't well then I will have to modify how I use pictures.  The point is to be kind to myself and don't set myself up to fail with unrealistic expectations and honoring when I have done something right how ever little that is.