“There was a time in my life that starting something I wasn’t great at right away was re
“There was a time in my life that starting something I wasn’t great at right away was really hard. It felt demoralizing and I found it hard to laugh at myself. I tried knitting mittens and they are still on the needles because I didn’t get it the first time around. I tried a recipe and called it quits when I missed a step and ruined it. I fought a new way of organizing my work because I didn’t want to put in the work. Sound familiar? When I unpacked our house and found those half done mittens from a few years ago, I realized I had lost that part of myself that was okay at being bad at something and the importance of learning to peck away at something with the goal to simply become better and not be the best.So, we picked up something new. Mike and I got Cross Country Skis this year. It was a new way to explore where we live right out our front door, but I won’t lie it is a new trick for both of us. The first day I strapped them on I thought, “Oh I will be great at this, I have been downhill skiing since I was 3.” I had visions of being some Olympic level champion on them right out the gate. Let me tell you within the first 30 minutes I ran into a bush and my ego was set at the proper place right then and there.” ————————————————- More on the blog today about choosing to do new things and why we need to be okay with being bad at something and accept the challenges it presents….no matter our age. http://ift.tt/2FSILdq -- source link
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