How to deal with life when you can't be exceptional 100% of the time.
You didn't really think I had the answer to that question, did you? I mean, honestly. This is a problem I deal with often. It's a blessing and a curse really. I'm forever grateful to have been graced with adaptability, skill, quick wit, and resilience. I can make a fully articulated octopus puppet from cardboard, duct tape, and a few wire hangers. It allows me to lean in to problems, try solutions without fear of failure, and has garnered me the most diverse and bizarre of resumes. But it comes with phases of depression caused by those mostly insignificant relentlessly disappointing moments that become a tidal wave of failure. Or at least the feeling of failure. I have many strengths as an educator. But they are difficult to see when I constantly focus on those skills I can't seem to conquer. Instead of focusing on one to work on and improve, I try to do it all at once, never able to gain traction in any one area. Add to that, those blindsiding mom