blog number eight

Experiences are never failures.

Recently I got a chance to go paintballing to celebrate a friends birthday. I was nervous to go however I knew I would enjoy myself way more than I did a decade ago. A decade ago I got asked to go and it was a horrific experience…I was picked last for teams and I had a lot of self doubt in my capabilities I felt like I was in last place before we even started so therefore of course my mind was set on “not fun’ mode.

This time around I had way more fun with the mindset of being free and not allowing myself to care if I got picked last or even cared if I couldn’t shoot straight. Some one told me that the fear of not trying is the failure that we long to avoid and this is true. As long as we try, we don’t fail! As long as you go through with it with a smile it doesn’t matter if you are good, you might not end up gaining another trophy or get the prize money but you will always leave with an experience and story to tell.

I am still not good at holding a gun and shooting paint however I am confident in saying that I was better than my first time and I was able to have a wonderful time with amazing friends. Ask me again and I’ll definitely go, unless I have already booked another experience to experience :)