{"id":754,"date":"2016-01-07T17:45:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/n8finch.com\/?p=754"},"modified":"2016-08-25T11:03:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T02:03:47","slug":"this-week-ive-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/n8finch2024.local\/this-week-ive-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week, I&#8217;ve Learned&#8230; Your Best Isn&#8217;t Always Good Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say: &#8220;when it rains it pours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s still a real bummer to get wet.<\/p>\n<p>Without being too explicit, I&#8217;ve tried really hard in some big endeavors over the past three to four months, and I&#8217;ve\u00a0received the feedback and results:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Things are still broken.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Things are beyond your control.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing you can do about it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is fact and feeling swirling around in these sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, I&#8217;m the first to be optimistic and hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>But this week I learn how limited and finite I am.<\/p>\n<p>I am not Superman. 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