How do you deal with mistakes?

[FoxSauce]

How do you deal with mistakes? Do you see them as just part of being human, or as something that deserves punishment? Or does it depend on how severe the mistake is?

How do you view your own mistakes? Do you hold onto them and punish yourself mentally, or do you try to use them as a chance to grow and become a better person?

And how do you apply that same thinking to other people?

 

[tonicer]

I try to do better next time but that energy is slowly but surely diminishing. I don't get why someone would punish themself for a mistake, that's not helpful at all IMHO.

Right now i am trying to get a job again after i was let go 3 years ago but with hundreds upon hundreds of applications send out i had 25 interviews over the past 3 years and all lead to nothing but experience i guess.

After the first couple of rejections i thought "Meh i just try the next company." but after hundreds of tries my energy is very low right now and i don't really know how to recharge.

Sometimes i think if i had a girlfriend that loves me would give me energy but there is something seriously messed up with me that keeps women away from me. It can't be my smell because i shower daily and wear fresh clothes when i leave the house. I guess i am just extremely unlucky.

But all that doesn't really matter because in about 10 years when my mom dies i am going to kill myself anyway. I see no reason to keep living without a purpose like a senior parent that needs caring, a lover or even just a job.

 

[Bishop]

I try to do better next time but that energy is slowly but surely diminishing. I don't get why someone would punish themself for a mistake, that's not helpful at all IMHO.

This