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4 Lessons I Have Learnt from Bad Experiences
Posted by Valentina Ambrogio in Rockstar Translations
07
Apr
2016
You lose: toxic people.
You lose: a job you hate.
You lose: possibly time.
You lose: again, toxic people.
That’s a touching post… I totally agree with everything you say in it. As we can’t all be 100% productive and have the upper-hand the 365 days of the year, you definitely have to make the most of bad experiences… That’s a good human approach and what can seem like a failure at first can be converted in your momentum once you hit the bottom and want to keep going and get better as a person. Your posts are always so inspiring, thank you for being so real and honest!
Thank you very much for reading my blog in the first place
I think that being honest and not giving the false impression that we are supposed to be always happy and smiling is very important. If that was the case, I would have serious problems! I am a moody person and it’s ok 
Sometimes we just need a shift of perspective, and if that happens after rough times, it’s ok.
Loved your post, Vale!
On your point #1, that’s it: when you have real problems to deal with you start acknowledging what is worth our attention and time and what is not.
I have always believed bad experiences teach us a lot. I’ve had a few myself and I’m grateful for them. People ask if I regret doing this or that, and I say I don’t, because if I hadn’t gone through it, I wouldn’t have learned and wouldn’t be the person I am today.
I was talking to a dear friend this weekend, about relationships. You know, I had a boyfriend for about 4 years a while ago. It was an intensive and unhealthy relationship. So this friend told me: “If you hadn’t had this experience, you probably wouldn’t be this successful determined woman you are today.”
Thanks for sharing your life learnings with us, Vale!
Thank you so much for your comment, Carol!
Yes, when we’re actually going through rough times, we tend to wonder why that is happening to us. But yes, once all is over you realise that hadn’t you endured those times, you wouldn’t be the person you are today.
I happened to have an unhealthy relationship as well. I have regrets of course, but the happy ending is that now I am in an 8-year healthy relationship, because I have learnt a lot about people back then and about myself.
The death of a close relative/friend changes the way you weigh the importance of situations. In fact I say that my grandpa actually “saved” me and got me back on track
I see it as my last gift from him!
Thank you a lot for sharing a bit of your story with me, C. <3
A good article, and exactly one should not care about the result of translation tests. They all also depend on the opinion of the revisor or proofreader who often is another translator already working for the company. And why would this translator be so much better than you? Of course, he/she could be. But he/she could also have another style and simply ot agree with your way of doing the job.;-) And, as you say, if you never try and fail, you never learn new things and move on.:-)
Thank you, Katarina
We grew up in school where our ultimate goal was achieving top scores in our tests, so it’s hard to leave that behind now that we’re not students. Mind you, I have learnt it the hard way that I shouldn’t care too much about failed tests, but I am happy I’ve come to realise that they should not influence the way I see myself.
A very intesting and useful article. It is definitely the that we can learn so much from negative experiences. We all had negatives experiences, also professionally, and this may be due to inexperience, fair or many other reason. Sharing such experiences and turn them into a lesson learned in crucial.
Thank you for your comment, Elisabetta!
I just think that nobody is always successful in their life and that what we see on social media is not the real representation of it. We are human beings and we may fall sometimes
and there’s nothing wrong with that! We just need to get up and learn and be stronger than ever before.
Life is not easy but this post teaches how to shift focus and accept bad experiences, thanks Valentina for sharing yours with us!!
As I was saying to Elisabetta, sometimes we’re pushed to think that we always have to be perfect and happy and all that. But it’s just unthinkable, IMO. Social media play a huge role in that and being true to others may actually lower some pressure
Thanks for your comment!
It is always good to understand ourselves (and the world) better. I had many difficult situations in my live, like being hate by nazis in Germany (I am from Brazil and was living there). I learned a lot with my mistakes and will keep learning (nice post by the way).