Life is full of disappointments. Friends and family disappoint us, employers and subordinates disappoint us, colleagues disappoint us, and sometimes even our mentors and heroes disappoint us. But nothing is more difficult than when we disappoint ourselves.

I’m severely disappointed with myself for a variety of reasons right now, even though a part of me knows that I am “doing the best I can”. But in this case, my best just isn’t good enough. I know that I’m not wonder woman. That there are only so many hours in the day. That when a crisis comes up – you do the very best that you can. I know that we learn more from failure than from success, and that it’s important to fail often…and fail fast.

Even though I haven’t posted in the last couple of days, I am not yet ready to throw in the towel…or to declare this project a failure. Instead, I would like to examine what’s working…and what’s not. Make some adjustments. Get right back up on that horse, and ride across that finish line. I hope you’ll all join me in the journey…and maybe learn a little bit about yourselves and about what the human spirit is capable of along the way.

Until tomorrow…this is Erica – signing off.

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