Problems arise. It’s inevitable, it’s part of life.
Two big options to look at a problem:
- Why did it happen? It got so wrong. Everything is bad. Fix this! Avoid this!
- What can I do in the future to avoid this? What is my part’s problem from the issue?
There’s a general tendency to look at the past. It’s so easy to look at the past and say „I would have done it better.”.
But this is hardly in your control, and you avoid taking lessons from the mistake.
If you keep complaining, „life is hard, you did wrong there, it was your fault, I don’t like life”, you miss a lot of opportunities.
It’s much better too look for things to do from now: „what did I do wrong and I want to fix for the future? What was my fault in the issue, and how can I prevent it from now? What is a lesson from this, and where should the next step be?”
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” ― Yogi Berra
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Søren Kierkegaard
