26A – Celebrating Failure

1.) A time when I failed at something was when I tried not eating sugar for a week. It was so much harder than I expected, and I do not usually have a sweet tooth or crave desserts, but just knowing that I couldn't have it made me want sweets so much more and they tasted so much better.

2.) I learned that eating desserts in moderation and not all the time actually makes them taste better and you appreciate the flavor and sweetness even more than usual. I also learned that my will power is weak and I will give into my desires, but that's what life is worth living for.

3.) Failure is hard but it is also a good thing. It is hard to accept when you fail at something or slip up, but it also helps you learn from your mistakes or learn from the experience. It helps you improve and next time you will probably do better than your first try. This class has for sure taught me that even though you may make mistakes along the way or have to take a step back and reevaluate your plans, it is such an important aspect of life and helps you do all the better in the end. 

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  1. Arielle SusterApril 15, 2018 at 5:15 PM

    I could never go a week without sugar, so i relate to your failure. I eat something sweet every night after i eat dinner, it's my guilty pleasure. Chocolates my greatest enemy. Regardless though, cutting out sugar is a very difficult diet style because sweets aren't the only foods with sugar. Just about everything has sugar in it breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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  2. Lauren AbeloveApril 15, 2018 at 7:55 PM

    I can relate with the not having sugar, I only have a certain budget for food and will find myself going without sugar (sweets) for like a week or two and then crave it and cave in and buy a a lot. I like your reflection and how you can learn from your mistake, I have that same outlook on failure, of course I don't try to fail on purpose, there is something to be learned from it though.

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  3. Amanda HollowayApril 15, 2018 at 10:28 PM

    I could literally not last 4 hours without sugar. The only way I could possibly not fail this test, would be by consuming sweet products without sugar. If I don't get sugar then I'll at least go for a sugar substitute. If I can't get the gummy bears, I'll go for the gum. If I can't orange juice, I'll go for the diet coke. I think this substitution of real sugar with a sugarless, sweet snack would be the only way not to fail.

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