An hour at the skating rink gave me a pocket of solitude to think about the following:
- Just because others made it look easy doesn’t mean it’s easy the first time. ✅ It helps to learn from their practice. ❌ Overconfidence doesn’t end well.
- Had to learn again how to walk (and glide and letting go of thoughts that keep you fearful)
- Letting the body feel and react to sensations (because learning how to learn doesn’t only require the head). The body doesn’t just have to know the physics; it also has to feel how the body responds to physics and then learn how to respond accordingly.
- Training wheels help one gain and develop confidence, but they become a crutch (or an excuse) to settle in the comfort zone. At some point, I learned that I had to get used to falling down on the ice and learn how to get better at it.
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