{"id":828,"date":"2024-01-25T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doartproductions.org\/?p=828"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T21:13:31","slug":"you-succeed-when-you-keep-trying-learning-to-juggle-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doartproductions.org\/staging\/2101\/you-succeed-when-you-keep-trying-learning-to-juggle-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"You Succeed When You Keep Trying: Learning to Juggle pt 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I got a set of juggling equipment for Christmas.  When asked by kids at our comic book and art workshops<\/a>, Jerry says that juggling is easy.  \u201cYou just breathe in and out through your nose,\u201d demonstrating dramatically, \u201cand you juggle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three weeks into learning how to juggle and I have to admit that it isn\u2019t quite as easy as all that.\u00a0 The juggling set includes 3 multicolored balls, green and blue and yellow.\u00a0 When I got the juggling set, Jerry told me to set aside 18 minutes a day to practice nonstop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first attempted to do this on New Years Day, 2024.\u00a0 I put on my headphones, held the balls in my hands the way Jerry had, and threw them into the air.\u00a0 The balls arced high into the air, deftly avoiding my hands as they fell to the ground.\u00a0 But wait!\u00a0 I\u2019d forgotten to breathe through my nose!\u00a0 I closed my eyes, thinking of Dragonball Z, and flared my nostrils, shaking dry mucus from my sinuses as I inhaled.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then proceeded to juggle perfectly<\/a> for the next hour and half\u2013just kidding!\u00a0 I caught two balls, and the third fell to the floor.\u00a0 I only marginally embarrassed myself, but then I\u2019d seen me do worse.\u00a0 Try again.\u00a0 Caught only one ball this time.\u00a0 Try again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll See Those Juggling Balls Again Tomorrow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Learning to do something for the first time is only intimidating before we start.  Once the juggling balls are in hand and the challenge is in front of us, we suddenly take pleasure in the process of trying with no expectation of success.  The voice in our heads that says YOU CAN\u2019T DO THAT only takes over between throws.  That voice is wrong.  Tell it to buzz off\u2013you\u2019re busy attaining greatness.
After a long 18 minutes I took my headphones out.  Done for the day.  I\u2019d be back at it tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, until I was the greatest juggler in the tri-county area.  Was more or less what I told myself, stretching out the knots in my back I\u2019d made contorting like a rag doll trying to catch a ball that had flown from my hand at a 45 degree angle towards a family heirloom in the basement.  Nothing too<\/em> valuable shattered into a million pieces, so I figured I\u2019d done ok.<\/p>\n\n\n

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