Hiccups In Our Lives

We teach our children that mistakes are a part of life.  We tell them that no one is perfect. Yet, we hold ourselves to this unachievable level of perfection. Why?

This past month was just like any other….very busy, full of work, projects, and kid activities.  Somehow in the normal chaos, my husband and I got the wrong time in our heads for our oldest son’s soccer try-outs. Hiccup

This wasn’t just any try-out, but this was the last try out of a 4 month process. We arrived at the try-out right as it was ending. We were devastated that we messed up.  Hiccup

It is especially painful when our hiccups impact our kids. I have to remind myself that I am not perfect. Mistakes will happen. It is unrealistic for me to be perfect. But I must not find too much comfort in this. I also seek to understand how this happened.  What can I do to prevent this from happening again?

From this experience, I have committed myself to using Google Calendar for all the important dates. Relying on my memory alone is not a good idea. I also have started flagging critical emails so that I can quickly find them later to input into Google Calendar. Hopefully, these tweaks to my daily habits will reduce the likelihood of the same hiccup in the future.

Not perfect, but working to be better.

What can you learn from a recent hiccup?

**Oh, he made the team. We got lucky and they didn’t hold our hiccup against him.