Joanne Lee SmithChronic pain and symptoms recovery Nurse / Coach

The Feeling of Failure

8 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A congratulates Speaker B for securing a spot in next year's "Spine" endurance event by paying a deposit, highlighting the commitment involved. Speaker B reflects on the emotional contrast between a previous attempt where they covered only 70 miles of a 200‑mile course—feeling like a failure—and a more recent near‑completion of almost the full distance, noting that this experience feels less like failure and more like an accomplishment. Speaker A reinforces this positive view, emphasizing that despite not finishing the entire course, the sense of achievement remains and encourages Speaker B to attempt the full distance again in the future.

I love how you've committed and you've done the deposit and you're in. You've secured your place for next year for the Spine.
I know, it is a, you know, it's a strange feeling. It's not like, you know, like before when I've done 70 miles out of 200 knots, you feel like a real failure or a bit of a— feel like a bit of a joke really. But when you've done nearly 200, I don't really feel it was a failure the same.
Yeah, that's good to know. Yeah, I like the fact that you can still feel, you Really accomplished.
Yeah, yeah.
Even though you didn't complete the entire thing, you're gonna go again and do do it again.