it is so fun being terrible at it
i started rollerskating about a month or a month and a half ago and i genuinely love being so bad at it because with every skate session im seeing progress, even if its tiny.
i think especially in times where i am so used to instant gratification (due to social media, tbh) every small bit of improvement is so satisfying.
i remember when i was a child, before social media, i studied drawing and painting for hours and years despite how terrible i was and i was so passionate about it. i eventually gave up, most likely because of media consumption, and thus spent a few years never really developing a skill for a hobby.
but now it is so fun just skating for the sake of the learning process, even if i honestly suck.
to make it short; today i did my shoot the duck. 🥰 and it came intuitively because of all the skill building ive been doing up to this point and all the times ive sucked so terribly and will continue to suck. my strut walk is a mess, and so is my backwards skating. at some point ill figure it out!! theres endless things i can put my time into learning!!