{"id":8488,"date":"2022-11-10T09:25:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=8488"},"modified":"2022-11-10T09:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:26:44","slug":"365263-learning-from-my-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/365263-learning-from-my-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#263: Learning from Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re all human. We all make mistakes. The challenge is to learn from and not repeat mistakes. Following are some recent examples from my life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8504\" style=\"width: 148px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365263-fertilizer-mistake.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8504\" class=\"wp-image-8504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365263-fertilizer-mistake-282x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I won&#8217;t do this again<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frugal Fertilizing:<\/strong> Gardening is a source of food, exercise, frugality, and joy in my life. Last spring I was part way through planting a variety of vegetables in my garden. This not only provides some healthy food but also feeds my frugal nature because it saves money at the grocery and I can share surplus crops with neighbors and those in need. My frugality, however, can get the best of me as I noticed an old bag of soil fertilizer in the garage. I happily spread it near the base of many of my crops. Several weeks later I noticed many of the plant leaves turning brown and dying. After consulting with a local feed and seed supply store I learned that old fertilizer deteriorates and \u201cpoisons\u201d the ground. Instead of multiplying my produce, it reduced my crops by about half. Ugh. Next year\u2026<br \/>\nBonus: Ask me about the downside of using pine mulch to reduce weeding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"attachment_8501\" style=\"width: 117px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365263-help-to-carry-groceries.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8501\" class=\" wp-image-8501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365263-help-to-carry-groceries-251x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ll do this<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Good Samaritan opportunity &#8211; missed:<\/strong> I was walking to the nearby post office and noticed an elderly man struggling to carry groceries into his home. I was walking briskly so that I could consider my walk as exercise and didn\u2019t stop to help. It would have been so simple. Only after it was too late did I decide that the better decision would have been to offer help. Hey! I\u2019m able bodied. Why is my time and goal more important than his need?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Looking Both Ways &amp; Hurrying:<\/strong> I was driving out of a crowded\n<div id=\"attachment_8502\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365263-car-collision-averted.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8502\" class=\" wp-image-8502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365263-car-collision-averted-300x161.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m lucky this didn&#8217;t happen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>parking lot. I thought all lanes had a stop sign so after stopping I glanced right, saw no approaching cars and started to drive through the intersection. I then noticed a car on my left had to stop abruptly to avoid hitting me. I\u2019m not sure whose turn it was but I was grateful an accident was averted. It would have been my fault for not looking BOTH ways.<br \/>\nUpon further reflection I thought about how \u201cLooking both ways\u201d is also a human relationship and political skill. If the left tried harder to understand the positions of the right (and vice versa) a lot of ugly altercations and unwise governmental policies might be averted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hmmm. Have you made any mistakes recently that, despite initial regret, taught you something important about life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re all human. We all make mistakes. The challenge is to learn from and not repeat mistakes. Following are some recent examples from my life. Frugal Fertilizing: Gardening is a source of food, exercise, frugality, and joy in my life. Last spring I was part way through planting a variety of vegetables in my garden. 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