I seemed to have made a miscalculation at some point in my life. That being "good" at something really only counts if you did it without trying, on the fly, without practicing.
I'm realizing over and over again that practice is basically a free, almost guaranteed path to getting better. So why the hell do I constantly expect myself to be good, get better, without practicing?
"Practicing" feels like the wrong word. "Trying" also feels like the wrong word. The just-started-going-to-the-gym part of me reaches for "reps," but even that feels a bit too clinical.
"Do it 100 times" really does say it best. Just do the thing more.
When I'm learning a new language, I can just forget a word and look it up 100 times. When I'm trying to make the best cookies ever, I can just make 100 batches. When I'm down on myself about my runway walk for the thousandth time, I can just go out in my hallway and do 100 walks, for Pete's sake!
Aha. I was just about to once again lament that I keep forgetting and realizing this over and over again. But there I go again! I can just relearn this lesson in 100 different contexts!
I would really like to. I want to shake this notion that I must perform well without having ever done it a million times first. What's so wrong about not being great at something, anyway?
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