So, recently, I've taken on a new responsibility (if you can call it that) that needs a considerable amount of practice to become good. Well, I'd like to talk briefly about being a beginner at something. There is one thing that will make it that much easier to become an expert at something, and that is...
TUNE IN ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGON. BALL. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Just kidding.
You need to accept that you absolutely suck at what you're doing. YOU ARE AWFUL. Fuck your skill, it is incredibly bad. The sooner you go into most things with a unrealistic downplay of your talents, and above all, an appreciation that everything you do will only be an improvement, the sooner you realize this, the sooner you can distance yourself from your own expectations - as well as personal and societal pressures.
Really, the best way to accept your own horrific shitiness is by pulling the intensity off of yourself with laughter. Laugh at your own inability and create a sense of humor as to acknowledge that you need significant improvement, but it is a fun, exciting challenge that you'd like to keep enjoying (as opposed to internalizing your mistakes and creating negative energy and friction within your body - we've all been there, quickly freaking out when things don't go our way, especially when we have the expectation that we should be brilliant at an activity we've never done).
My .02 cents. Im using that light, airy mentality when I attempt my endeavor of the nigh future.
Listening to: Gorillaz, "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head"
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