Don't Blame Yourself

Don't blame yourself. You would never have ended up in a pit if you had done nothing. Or you would have worked so slowly and uniformly that the likelihood of mistakes would have been minimized. You chose the path of growth, which means that pits are a mandatory option. A pit is the simplest and fastest, yet quite stressful way to correct you on the path to your goal. At the moment it is very hard to endure, but later you will realize that it was necessary.