I hate this.

Yesterday I went ice skating for the 3rd time in my life. I hated it and I sucked. ⛸️

I literally turned to my husband and said 'I fucking hate this. I fucking hate iceskating. I never want to do this again'. It definitely didn't help that my husband and the adults we went with were VERY proficient, making me feel even worse than I was. 🤬

It's been a few years since I have attempted something physically new and not been able to pick it up easily. So of course every part of me wanted to take the easy way out & sit on the side but we had paid for 2 hours, and you can say lots of things about me but a waster of money is not one of them. ⏱️

Thus I persisted, and with many unintentional spins and one fall (lots of near misses) by the end of the 2 hours I was really enjoying myself.

I felt way more confident and while I still wasn't expert level I was able to do a few laps of the rink relatively smoothly. 🧊

Retrospectively I am so happy that I did push through sucking and got to a mediocre level.

So this is my reminder to you.

If you're not mediocre at something new, you will never have a genuine dopamine reward. Dopamine is the brains reward system and gives you feeling of pleasure and motivation. 🧠

In a world where you're surrounded by fake dopamine, do your brain & body a solid, by sucking and being mediocre at something new and you'll feel incredible.

Shea xx