Comment on The Story of How Learning to Juggle Changed My Life
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Slow clap
Congrats dude/dudette/however you identify yourself now. I went through some of the same struggles, and you really hit the nail on the head. You just have to find that one thing that gives you hope and drive, and that opens the door to everything else. For me, it was backpacking, and then rock climbing. I learned a bit of juggling in college, (really, just enough to do cascade and tennis and steal a little), but I’ve been interested in picking it up again, so I have a set of balls arriving in the mail today.
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ah good, I had a positive impact on the world. Now I can proceed on my plan of wreckless self-endangerment, so I can die on a high note, and ethically! My life partner likes climbing. I’ve tried it before, on a rock wall at a museum, but I appreciate the challenge of having to find a route up. The dexterity you need for advance climbs is impressive!
If you have trouble getting the “feel” of a pattern, you can use tissue paper to slow it down and develop the connections. I used the library of juggling website that has moving stick figure diagrams to figure put how my hands n arms should move. Consistency is more important than brute force effort. Integrating it into a sets within a routine begets the best way to learn patterns and solidify with them.
Also, I’m a dude now, but I’ve transcended gender.