[Were Grant privy to certain thoughts, there, he might have some things to say about the difference between holding oneself accountable and beating oneself up over a mistake that had already been addressed and remedied to the greatest feasible extent.
Even so, there's still plenty to unpack here.]
I know it can be difficult, sometimes impossible, to change how you think about something. About yourself.
But, if it's at all possible - do you think you'd be able to *try* to tell yourself something else? That you repaired your mistake as best you could, and are now better equipped to avoid similar ones? Because that's the truth, and however much it may feel like the original mistake overshadows it, it *was* an honest mistake, and how you handled it is incredibly important. You did the best you could.
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Even so, there's still plenty to unpack here.]
I know it can be difficult, sometimes impossible, to change how you think about something. About yourself.
But, if it's at all possible - do you think you'd be able to *try* to tell yourself something else? That you repaired your mistake as best you could, and are now better equipped to avoid similar ones? Because that's the truth, and however much it may feel like the original mistake overshadows it, it *was* an honest mistake, and how you handled it is incredibly important. You did the best you could.