You’re Not Heading For the Past

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get better. Let’s call this my first iteration.</p><p id="9dde">I always tell other people that they should not look back too much. It’s not the direction you’re heading towards. Sometimes this is just the nudge they need to walk through a scary door. There is so much more you can actually do in the present, after all.</p><p id="4669">If I am able to do something that I have never done before, I jump at the opportunity. I like experiencing new things. But failure…? It’s never nice to fail, you know you have failed and that you can fail again. I give myself a similar mental nudge to open doors that I want to stay closed.</p><p id="71e0">I tell myself I get better with each failure. Or iteration.</p><p id="226f">Then there is no failure. Only learning. And growth.</p><p id="44eb">I wholeheartedly agree with the statement of Wilfredo’s prompt. I do feel the need to add a little something extra to it: Working more hours on something won’t necessarily make it better, but not working on it at all won’t do it any good.</p><p id="1d80">Ah, there’s another paragraph I am not too happy with, but you know what? I am going to publish it anyway. My fear of failure is not

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going to stop me. Maybe I’ll get some feedback. Then I’ll do better next time. Because then there is no stopping me either. I look forward to the lessons that help me grow.</p><p id="ac87">I have been away from writing responses to KTHT for a while. I was busy finishing a chrome extension. I am actually very proud of it, as I am not much of a developer. The extension enables you to see your stories that were Chosen for Further Distribution right from the stats-page! Consider checking it out if you want more of my first iterations:</p><div id="5a3a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/your-distributed-stories-in-one-overview-b9f30b8a8e62"> <div> <div> <h2>Your Distributed Stories in One Overview</h2> <div><h3>This chrome extension makes your life on Medium better</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*tBCGJC5HmawVkHnLFxJkpw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

You can do more in the future

anticipation

it did not go well last time

I’m not going there

looking back is not worth it

future is my direction

Sun or rain? Sometimes it is a matter of perspective. Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash

This tanka is inspired by KTHT’s prompt by Wilfredo Resto “An open door won’t take you anywhere if you don’t walk through it.”

The tanka is definitively not my best. But I think it’s a fun little thing that I can maybe improve upon in the future. Some poetry takes time to get better. Let’s call this my first iteration.

I always tell other people that they should not look back too much. It’s not the direction you’re heading towards. Sometimes this is just the nudge they need to walk through a scary door. There is so much more you can actually do in the present, after all.

If I am able to do something that I have never done before, I jump at the opportunity. I like experiencing new things. But failure…? It’s never nice to fail, you know you have failed and that you can fail again. I give myself a similar mental nudge to open doors that I want to stay closed.

I tell myself I get better with each failure. Or iteration.

Then there is no failure. Only learning. And growth.

I wholeheartedly agree with the statement of Wilfredo’s prompt. I do feel the need to add a little something extra to it: Working more hours on something won’t necessarily make it better, but not working on it at all won’t do it any good.

Ah, there’s another paragraph I am not too happy with, but you know what? I am going to publish it anyway. My fear of failure is not going to stop me. Maybe I’ll get some feedback. Then I’ll do better next time. Because then there is no stopping me either. I look forward to the lessons that help me grow.

I have been away from writing responses to KTHT for a while. I was busy finishing a chrome extension. I am actually very proud of it, as I am not much of a developer. The extension enables you to see your stories that were Chosen for Further Distribution right from the stats-page! Consider checking it out if you want more of my first iterations:

Tanka

You’re Not Heading for the Past

You can do more in the future

Your Distributed Stories in One Overview

This chrome extension makes your life on Medium better