More Small Loses Than Big Wins

*Stepping away from the past writing stuff this morning. I'm off today, sitting at Linnaeas in slo with some free time. Just came from the farmers market and got some sun shine this morning and I'm feeling good. First I'm realizing just how different I am than I was few years ago when I lived in slo and frequented this spot. They are playing a fantastic song by M.Ward, a favorite what do you do with the pieces of a broken heart? great song it sounds better when you smell coffee and look over to see the local art on the walls. So that's my moment. It's a good one. 

Ok on to the thoughts. I started a Health Blog on this website as the site is all about health and I want to have something that is split off from this so that I can document my health progress ect. anyway, yesterday I posted my weight chart that I have been tracking as I've been loosing fat. Feel free to check it out but since I posted it I have been thinking a lot about the chart. I have more days that my weight goes up than goes down but the days when my weight goes down it is in larger amounts so the trend of weight loss is a good one. So lets say weight gain is a loss and weight loss is a win. I have more losses than wins but the wins are much more significant. 

This feels like life. I fail way more than I win but the failures are way less significant than the wins. 

This is a good thing for me to remember. I knew this in the past but for some reason it really clicked for me yesterday and helped to make sense of my life. I have always been taking risks with business knowing that there each loss teaches you something and that the hits count for much more. As a joke I tell people I've been a week away from greatness for years. I see now that I am going for big wins and am ok with small losses. This isn't better or worse than someone who hates the risk that goes along with rolling the dice in life. Is it better to burn out or fade away? who can say? they are equal and opposite but it is important that we know ourselves. I know that I would rather spend a life time trying for something bigger than settle for the small life I seem to have at the moment because it's fun. That's what I have to remember when I fail, the process of playing the game of life is fun and a game that you never loose at is no fun. It's the thought that you almost lost but won that really makes it fun. 

​Pay attention to the trend and not the number of losses