The great Portia Nelson stated the following in An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters:
Chapter 1: There is a hole in the sidewalk, and I fall in it.
Chapter 2: There is a hole in the sidewalk, and I fall in it again.
Chapter 3: There is a hole in the sidewalk, I fall in, and I can’t believe I did it again. I get out quickly.
Chapter 4: There is a hole in the sidewalk, and I walk around it.
Chapter 5: I take a different street.