If there is one thing Harvard students fear, it is failure. Failure can come in a variety of forms but for Harvard students, it mostly revolves around academics, your career, or [nonexistent] love life.
Here are ways I can define failure based on the past week: Failure is skipping four classes because you could not wake up in the morning. Failure is not receiving job offers. Failure is lacking self control. Failure is eating more than you should have. Failure is staring at your screen, not able to process words. Failure is lacking motivation or energy because you spent it all last week.
Amidst all this, failure can still be good, or at least the kind I have felt so far. Failure is not an act, it is a feeling and a perspective. You can get past failure. It is not a permanent mark but a passing moment. The best part about failure is that life goes on regardless.
email Alisha Ramos at adramos@fas.harvard.edu if u wanna cheer her up!
Date: February 28th, 2011 11:20 AM Author: Swashbuckling carnelian juggernaut
Hi! My name is Alisha and I am currently a junior at Harvard University studying Sociology. My interests include design, technology, entrepreneurship, fashion, and marketing/branding; my “free time” in college has been spent so far exploring these areas, and I’ve loved every minute of it. I feel really blessed to be where I am today and can’t wait for the new and exciting adventures life will bring me in the future.