If you told me a year ago that I would be locked up in my house worrying about whether there is any toilet paper left in the shops, then I would have told you you were crazy.

It’s part of everyday life and its unavoidable. No matter how good you’re at a task, you have a very high chance of failing at it at least once. But can we learn from those mistakes and use them to be better at things?

It can be easy to rush through life and not enjoy the moment, but we can improve this by being more mindful. Increasing our self-awareness and being more present in our own environment improves our psychological well-being.

It’s part of everyday life and its unavoidable. No matter how good you’re at a task, you have a very high chance of failing at it at least once. But can we learn from those mistakes and use them to be better at things?

Do you read regularly? If not, can you remember the last book, or sizeable article you read? Most of our daily reading behaviours consist of consuming easily digestible social media posts on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.