Hindsight and Ownership

This past weekend must have been one to remind me to reach out and reconnect with friends and family in the present and not put it off. In that vein, we were asked what does "Hindsight is 20/20" mean to us. I will attempt to answer that in this post with my feable writing skills and brain fogged mind.

Supposedly the saying *"Hindsight is 20/20" *is meant to mean something about clarity and understanding we gain from past events, good or bad. However usually it is related to something bad happening or a not so good outcome.

For me it is about "Lessons Learned" being applied in the present and future. It is about not only learning from mistakes, but what could be even better than the outcomes of the past.

For instance, I have been pondering over and working on, little by little, reconnecting with fmaily and friends I have lost touch with over the years. Most of it is du to time, distance, and allowing life to get in the way.

With the tech of today, there is no reason time or distance should be a factor in reconnecting. However, life itself can throw you curve balls and become hectic if you let it. Seems mine threw a few curves and I allowed it to be hectic through my focus on career versus relationships.

"Hindsight being 20/20" I might have handled those curve balls in better ways. Also, I should have taking more control of my career and had a better work life balance.

I have been reaching out a little over time to reconnect and most attempts have been received postively. Others, I have receiveed no response, and then a couple negative responses.

This is all due to action or inaction by me at certain key points in life. I own the fact my relationships are mostly broken connections as I refer to them now.

However part of ownership, and having hindsight, is so one can learn lessons and do better. I can do better at reaching out and nurturing my connections. I have set out to do this previously, and plan to refocus my efforts moving forward.

So in closing, hindsight to me, means having the proper intelligence to reattack problem if it occurs again or continues to occur, then taking ownership to make it better.

Thanks for reading,
Joe

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