Everyone is good at a lots of things. It might be that you are a great cook, a master text messager, or can navigate Target like nobody’s business (and can get out under $100 — in which case, hats off to you). You have things you excel at!
Silly as those examples are, how do you think you got that good? Practice!
Everybody has to start some place, and every day you are a different person than you were yesterday. You’ve learned, grown, and through practice (or lack thereof) gotten better at some stuff and worse at other.
So, this week find one physical activity you wish you were better at, and practice for 5 minutes a day.
Say you wish you could do a push-up. So, start by getting in a plank position (and get that butt down!). Maybe that’s all you can do on day one. Now, start adding in bending the arms (and keep plank). Gradually keep going down further and further. It doesn’t even matter if you can do a perfect push-up this week – what matters is that you’ve made progress. With time it will come.
What’s my thing for this week? A somersault. The simplest of kids tricks, but I can’t anymore. Time to learn again!
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