Echo can’t get the ball from the toy. She needs to rethink, evaluate, and decide what to do next.
Sometimes you can’t reach a goal you worked toward. That’s okay. It happens to all of us. You have to rethink your strategy, evaluate the goal, and decide how to move forward.
That might mean letting go of the goal. That’s okay.
It might mean formulating a new strategy to reach the goal. That’s okay.
It might mean tweaking the goal or methods to reach it so you can approach it in a new way. That’s okay.
Whatever you decide to do to move forward is okay as long as you are moving forward. Life is about learning, growing, and progressing. Don’t let yourself or your goals stagnate.
Joan Stradling is a middle grade and YA author of stories with magical elements. She loves painting, baking, crafting, pet wrangling, and anything else she can fit into her schedule. A passionate believer in the power of books, she still hopes to one day ride a dragon, meet a Hobbit, or discover new worlds by walking through a wardrobe. In the meantime, she imagines and writes about her own incredible worlds and characters–and continues to live vicariously through the adventures in other’s books. You can find her on Instagram (@JoanStradlingAuthor) or Twitter (@justJoanS) or FB (Joan Stradling aka Joan Stewart)
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