The Young Witch Attempts Growth

Last week, I was at work....well... I'm always at work. I have two jobs and if I'm not at one, I'm asleep or traveling to the other...*sigh*

Anyway, I was at work, and I was talking with some of my coworkers after a meeting and one of them said something that stuck with me. I can't remember exactly what he said, but I remember agreeing with it. Essentially, it was about growth. How some people have to be put into situations and either they will grow from them, or they won't.

I was quiet (I'm a quiet person at work shocking to everyone I'm related to), and gave a nod and sort of thought on it. Then I headed back to my desk and went about the rest of the work day.

I hadn't really thought about it much until I noticed a friend request sitting in my Facebook inbox from a former friend from grade school. Someone I was extremely close to, but our friendship went up in flames. Something I suppose I should not have been surprised about. And I thought about it.

That was something she had an issue with. She never seemed to grow from things. Her sending me a Facebook request for instance. I had once warned in a similar situation to ours that she should wait for the other party to reach out. She ignored the advice she had asked for, as I often felt she did, but it was something I had issues learning from as well.

She tended to have the habit to stay stuck in her ways, and it had the habit of getting her in trouble. Usually big trouble. I don't know how much that's changed. The last time I talked to her was three years ago, but it didn't seem to then, and I'm not sure it has now.

But I think I have. At least I hope I have. Though the simple fact that I have tried to looks at the pieces of my life and am always striving for growth and change.

Growth and learning is something we should always be reaching for. We all try things and fail. We all make mistakes and feel bad. We all have those days where we can't seem to do anything right.

What's important is we look at those days. We see what we did. We learn from what we did and we change. We move forward. We become better.

I like to think I've become better. That I've grown. That I continue to grow. My coworkers I mentioned early say that being will to learn and grow is one of the most important things you can do in our career path. I think that applies to any career path and even life.

As someone who works in media, I'm constantly looking over my work. At the station, we have a daily meeting going over each of our show and talking over way to improve. As the AV coordinator, I watch our church service each week taking notes and listening to congregants' ideas.

Even in my private life, I try to get better. I've done things like therapy, found things I love and enjoy that make me happy and I try new things. I want to be better. I want to grow.

And I hope you do too.