on Jun 29th 2009 at 6:00 am What I Learned From...

New WILF Topic: What I Learned From Bloopers, Mistakes, and Embarrassing Moments

Have you ever done something so dumb, you felt like this poor fellah here? Y’know; “nobody home”?

OR; how about that shameful episode you’d just as soon forget about? You know the one I mean, right? That time you got your hand seriously slapped for doing something you shouldn’t have (or not doing something you should have)?

Hey, don’t worry; I won’t tell.

But you can!

Now, you may be askin’ yourself, Allright, Bubba; why on earth would I want to share something like that with the whole world?

Well, lemme answer your question with another question. (Don’cha hate it when people do that?) What did you learn from that incident? Yup; that’s the nub of the gist, all right. And, since the Main Thing here at the Middle Zone is to celebrate lessons learned from life, then what better way to do it?

That’s right, y’all; starting next Monday, July 6th, we kick off our next WILF project, and the topic is What I Learned From Bloopers, Mistakes, and Embarrassing Moments. (Whew, now that’s a mouthful, ain’t it?)

So what’s a WILF project, you ask? Well, it’s where you write a story telling us about a lesson you learned from whatever the topic happens to be (a new topic is chosen each month by yours truly). Then you post the story on your blog and send me the link! Simple, really.

[Note: If you happen to be one of the 27 people left in the Universe who've never heard of WILF before today, then I want you to run, not walk, to the WILF Archive and read all about it. While you're there, you can also peruse a few of the 673 entries we've garnered so far.]

Worried that folks will think less of you if you admit to making a mistake? Don’t be; the truth is, it actually makes you more human. (And if you’re not human, then please don’t hunt me down and, y’know, eat my face or anything.)

Your entry can be as eloquent or as brief as you like. You can make it relevant to your blog’s theme or not – it’s totally your choice. (You can even submit it to me as a guest post if you like. Just drop me an email about it at rhruzek@sbcglobal.net.) You get to choose your format, too; so far we’ve had everything from multi-part prose (up to 5 parts) to poetry. (I’m still waitin’ for the first video entry; I figure it’s only a matter of time.)

So get ready to grab the writing device of your choice, y’all, and come join us next Monday, July 6th for the kickoff!

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Photo: Brainless, by Robert Hruzek

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10 responses so far

10 Responses to “New WILF Topic: What I Learned From Bloopers, Mistakes, and Embarrassing Moments”

  1. # abraxason Jun 30th 2009 at 3:41 am

    Definitely we will join you for the writing device on 6th. We are very eager to see it and find it out how exactly does it work. What is the need to worry if we make mistakes? After all it is an human tendency to make mistakes. Lets wait for 6th July to see what happens next.

  2. # Karibion Jun 30th 2009 at 8:08 am

    Great idea! I had plenty of such moments in my life but don’t know which one I would be albe to expose right now. Reading this stories this should be really amusing too.

  3. # Robert Hruzekon Jun 30th 2009 at 10:26 am

    @Abraxas – Hey, it’ll be fun; I promise!

  4. # Robert Hruzekon Jun 30th 2009 at 10:27 am

    @Karibi – I know the problem; it’s hard picking just ONE!

  5. # Rob McKinleyon Jul 1st 2009 at 12:11 pm

    It would be something different to do. Mistakes are the part of life and it teaches us something..Some mistakes turn out to be blunders and some turn very embarrassing. But the requirement is “realization”. Its a great idea to join and share everyones mistakes and helping the one if not out of it..Its not easy for everyone to share out but sharing helps in releasing out stress..Will join it.

  6. # Robert Hruzekon Jul 1st 2009 at 7:19 pm

    @Rob – Hey, I look forward to your entry, Rob!

  7. # Wilson Ponon Jul 3rd 2009 at 12:40 am

    Robert, I remembered that most of my embarrassing moments are happened during my high school and college sessions. Now, when I refreshing my memory, I realized that I’m really moron and can’t figure out, why I done these stuffs when I was younger…Lol

  8. # Robert Hruzekon Jul 3rd 2009 at 3:06 pm

    @Wilson – I think the problem is, when we’re younger, we think we’re so much smarter than we actually, y’know, are!

  9. # Oops! — Transforming Stress Into Personal Poweron Jul 9th 2009 at 10:11 pm

    [...] Hruzek’s writing challenge this month is What I Learned From Bloopers, Mistakes, and Embarrassing Moments. No problem. I can do [...]

  10. # Simon Joneson Jul 19th 2009 at 1:14 am

    a lot of good learning come from stuffing things up. if you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not trying hard enough.
    .-= Simon Jones´s last blog ..today =-.

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