Confessions...

I've always had this tremendous flaw where I expect to be the best  without any experience or effort. I would like to blame the public school system for making things too easy, but it's mainly my personality.

Growing up I wanted to play the new song on the piano my first time perfectly... when I was 7 and my fingers couldn't possibly reach the distance between notes. I wanted to make every shot I went for on the basketball team when I was 10, which is impossible for NBA players.

I've always been incredibly hard on myself. Which 9 times out of 10 is a great thing, but I am just starting to realize something...

It's okay to make mistakes and learn from them. It's okay to not be awesome until after you have some experience and put in some effort. It's okay to not be the best, if you are continually working on getting better. It's okay to go 1 step at a time instead of 20 steps.

New goal: Don't be too hard on myself. Keep moving forward. Keep improving. But it's okay not to be perfect.

Oh hey by the way I'm talking about teaching. I'm obviously perfect at everything else :)