I really enjoy playing Wordle each day. It’s now become a standard part of my morning routine. With a mug of hot coffee in hand, I start a new game immediately after finishing my journaling.

One of the things I genuinely appreciate about Wordle is how it reminds me that my mistakes actually contain valuable bits of information.

Maybe a letter isn’t in the word at all and can be ignored.

Maybe it’s there but not yet in the right place.

It’s all worth paying attention to and by carefully considering my mistakes, I’m eventually led to the right answer.

This applies to all things in life really.

Which makes me think of what Thomas Edison was talking about when he famously remarked,

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

As long as you’re learning from your mistakes, missteps, and failures you’re growing smarter and heading in the right direction.