I\u2019ve recently taken up swimming and those long quiet stretches doing lengths got me thinking about the value of humility. I haven\u2019t swum properly since I was pregnant with my first child and before that since I was a child myself. I\u2019ve recently gone back to the pool as a fitness push \u2013 but it didn\u2019t go to plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d say I\u2019m a fairly fit person. I\u2019ve run two marathons in the last few years and I\u2019m in the last few belts now of kickboxing. In my head, that made me fit, and I\u2019m proud of it \u2013 it\u2019s been years of hard work and attempting to make good choices. Turns out though, swimming is a whole different thing. \u00a0Being running fit did not translate into being swimming fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was cramping. There was swallowed pool water. There was exhaustion and a lot of frustration. It wasn’t pretty. I wasn\u2019t the elegant swimmer pumping out high numbers of lengths I thought (maybe even assumed) I might be. Instead it was a hard, hard graft just to get 20 lengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It didn\u2019t help that I saw someone I knew \u2013 I tripped up on pride. I felt the awkwardness of the gap, between where I wanted to be and where I actually was. I felt the need to explain, excuse, to extract empathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But my now isn\u2019t where I\u2019ll always be. Like my running, like my kickboxing, like so many things in life, I need to practice, invest time and learn some skills. Maybe I’ll look into adult coaching \u2013 get some advice from someone more experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I\u2019m taking the lesson in humility, that I\u2019m far from where I want to be, but where else do you start out? The beauty is putting the work in and eventually looking back at how far you\u2019ve come. Much like running your own business, it\u2019s an uphill battle sometimes but eventually you get to enjoy a good view. So here\u2019s to tackling the hard stuff, it\u2019s the only way we grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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