we were videoing some demos yesterday morning. This a really realization I am curious if others have felt the same.
When I sucked at skiing I always felt good, and as I get better I always feel like ****.
3-5 years ago I always felt as if I was skiing in good way, but I really was nt video showed that. Now I always feel like I suck but when I watch the video its is actually pretty good sometimes better than anyone else not all the time but sometimes. It still feel like crap most of the time. Meaning that even though I feel like my skiing sucks, it has actually gotten much better.
I also find this true in most everything I get involved with. The more knowledgeable you become about a subject, the more you realize how little you know. The better your turns on blue terrain get, the more you realize how much work you need in order to make those same turns on black trails.
And, sort of along that same vein, I heard a radio spot on the way to work this morning that studied people reactions to spending more than 10 minutes a day looking at themselves in a mirror; they begin to like themselves less and become slightly depressed. And these are people who started the study saying they were happy with their looks. Maybe it's human nature -- whenever we put something under the microscope too much we tend to focus on the negative and ignore the positive.
If only I had video of how I skied 10 years ago, I would be a much happier guy.
How many of us ever stop to reflect on how much our skiing (or biking or golf) has improved in the last 3 years?
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