When Will I Practice?

Let's commit to practice what we want to call a skill.

In 2016, I purchased a pass to our outdoor community pool. I floated because I wasn’t sure how well I could swim. I took lessons as a kid but hadn’t done much in a pool except float (which is awesome) as an adult.

I saw, though, that others could swim laps. Back and forth, back and forth. As I watched, I thought: I want to do that.

The next summer, I started swimming laps. Not well and not much at first. I showed up as often and as much I could to practice. By the end of the summer, I could swim laps. I could go back and forth and back and forth.

The commitment to the practice pays off today. I swam yesterday and left the pool feeling grateful for this exercise that feels more like a beautiful water massage.

This week, let’s start the habit of practice. Let’s remind ourselves that we want to improve through practice by asking ourselves this question each morning:

When will I practice?

With this question, we’ll make the time to practice. We know what we want to practice. Now, we want to commit to it.

When will you practice?

(Image by Daniel Perrig from Pixabay.)