Quote Originally Posted by Telegraph View Post
This thread title made me happy. From the main forum list, I saw "Difficult learning curve is..." and I said "Difficult?" And then it was, and then I smiled.

I have never really gotten swimming down very well. The whole "turn you head to either side to take a breath" thing is really hard for me, and I can't tread water for very long either-always start to sink. Swim really slow, too. One time while camping, I swam out way far with some friends, started to get tired, and realized I wouldn't make it back. Had to put my arm on a friend be like, "Help!" and they had to help me back to shore. Was rather scary. Didn't realize I was that bad at it, I guess. Since then, we've gone camping a couple times, and whenever they go out in the middle of the water, I'm like "Nah, I'm good."

Y'know, I never thought I'd learn an instrument, but I'm starting to get the hang of the bass a little bit. Never thought I could run for very long or do a pull up either, but I've run 9 miles, and can do... a pull up (yay.) Point is, you just gotta commit yourself to something. Keep trying, even if you feel like you're sucking. Ignore that voice in your brain that says "this sucks" or "I'm bored" and push on. Then you will not be the losiest anymore. Anyhoo...

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