Don't Give Up!

byWilliam67

571 followers

8 years ago

Seriously! Don't give up ever...

Whether you are just starting out or have been part of the WA community for a while, this is a friendly reminder to never give up on pursuing your dreams.

If you are just starting out, the road ahead is long but just remember that anything worth doing in life will be hard. There is always a learning curve and you must learn how to embrace that and be comfortable at being a beginner.

A quick story about when I bought my first car. I always thought that driving stick shift was super cool. I made a decision that when I got my first car that it would be a manual transmission car. Before buying the car I had no experience driving a stick shift card, heck I didn't even know there was a clutch in there.

My friend went with me to pick up my car and he had to drive it back to my place. This was a bit embarassing for me but he didn't mind at all. I finally had my first car, I was super excited to commute to and from work with my new car! The only problem was that....I didn't even know how to get it moving. I learned how to turn it on but that was about it.... I kept stalling and never left the parking spot for a good 3 days. I had a brand new car but I still was taking the bus to work.

One day I decided that I was going to make it happen and well I started researching youtube videos on how to drive a stick shift and asked my friend to teach me the basics. After many failed attempts and hard work I finally was able to get the car out of the parking spot. As I kept learning how to drive my new car, I faced new challenges. There were many things to keep in mind while driving and one of the biggest challenges I faced was when the car was on a hill. It was difficult for me to keep the car from rolling back.

Anyway, after about 2 weeks of hard work I finally got to where I was comfortable driving. A month later I was comfortable with other people being in the car with me. Then as they say, it was history after that. After a while it became second nature to me and I felt weird driving a non stick shift car afterwards.

The point of that story is to highlight that no matter how difficult you think something may be. As long as you are dedicated and allow yourself to fail then with time the skill will come.A lot of times it may seem that someone gets things a lot quicker than you, but eventually so will you.

Seek support and don't be shy about asking for help or admitting that you may not understand something. This is a wonderful community for you to explore all of your options and take advantage of all of the training materials that is being offered to you.