I like the idea of Charles' quote. When I was much younger, I had some long-range goals in terms of my teaching career. That certainly helped with short-range failures. One was to be a school Principal.
Yes, that happened a couple of times: 2007 - 2010; 2017 - 2024. When they find out about that, some of my current students ask why I'm still not doing that job.
The answer is simple in each case: after a while the up moments didn't happen enough, and the down moments happened too much.
Having returned to teaching English, the opposite is now true. The up moments happen way more than the down moments.
I am happy to have fulfilled that long-range goal, but also happy to think about some new ones as well.
P.S. Arsenal lost to the scousers this morning - a short-range failure, I'm sure. We have some big long-range goals this year.
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