Feeling like a failure? Maybe you’re actually in the right place.

And I guarantee you are doing better than you think.

A little revelation I thought I’d share...I have really struggled with feeling like a failure. No matter the triumphs, I often inwardly battle with feeling under qualified, or like I am constantly trying to catch up.

The more I learn the more I realize how much more there is to learn, which makes me feel incompetent...like I have somehow dropped the ball.

But then it occurred to me that just because there is a gap between what I know now and the things I would like to know does not mean that the gap is failure - the gap is a growing space, a good place.

I realized that surrounding myself with people and experiences who have more knowledge and wisdom to share is probably a great place to be.

Living in a space where my world is expanding is not living in a place of failure.

I should be scared when I find myself in a place where I think I know everything and have it all figured out. Because I don’t, and I never will. Nobody can.

So maybe I’m not failing, maybe I’m actually doing the opposite...growing, learning, changing. And maybe it’s challenging and uncomfortable, but I think it’s the place I want to be.

And quite frankly I hope I am always in a place of developing...because there will ALWAYS be more to learn. 

If you’re feeling like a failure today, reframe your thinking. Shift your mindset. You may find you’re in just the right place. And I guarantee you are doing much better than you think!