Celebrating Failure

In this past semester I have had a lot of wins, but many more losses. One failure I remember in particular was when I was working on my tower project in my Design 4 class. For this project, I wanted to make a 48 in. tower that was basically upside down. By this, I mean that the top was the widest part and the bottom was just one metal rod that pushed into the ground. I tried many different times playing with how the rod goes into the ground, how deep the rod has to go, and how I could support the tower without it falling over. Eventually, I was able to devise a "ground" that could support the tower so it would not fall over. However, it was not perfect. Just last week, the tower fell over and broke so I have to fix it a little, but that was only because it was accidentally knocked over. The tower itself was completely supported by its base. I learned a lot from this project. I learned that making an upside down tower is actually a possibility, and I learned how I can do it, if i ever want to do it again in the future. I think failure is amazing. You almost always fail before you succeed. I take failure as a learning experience. The more times that I fail, the more opportunities I will have to better myself in the future and not make the same mistake again. I believe that as long as someone is learning from their failures, it is not a failure. Instead, failure turns more into a lesson and benefits people more than succeeding would. I think I am more likely to take a risk more than I was a few months ago. This class has taught me that failure is good and can help an idea develop and eventually be successful.