Did you know? I discovered it recently and was pleasantly surprised.
You can really learn how to draw, run marathon, do yoga, and many-many other things.
Yes, there's a saying that 'hard work beats the talent'. But I never thought of it, or didn't take it seriously till recent time.
I wasn't taught to challenge myself, to achieve things. I was just satisfied with what I had. It was always very difficult for me to run and do any physical activity (I'm not fat or something, and never was. Just weak and untrained). So I just accepted I couldn't run. Yes, I have legs, they function ok, I can walk. Just not run.
I was ok with it.
Once I started working out, I used a short run as a warm up. Just in 10 minutes of light jog I wanted to die. I ran 4 times a week for 10 minutes on the interval program (1 min run, 2 min walk).
In a month I increased the time to 15 minutes.
After 2 months I decided to try running as long as I could. The result just blow my mind - 20 minutes of jogging non-stop! It was a big victory for me back than.
Now I run 6 miles in less than an hour and plan to train for my first 10k run.
I used to be ordinary in drawing. Not horrible like when you intend to draw a horse and the result is something with four legs)) but also not very good.
And I saw an online course 'learn drawing before the end of the year' that started in October. I started with them, but didn't make it through. Now I have this book 'you can learn to draw in 30 days', will try it out and put updates here.
I also want to learn how to sing, and maybe one more foreign language.
Just never stop challenging yourself. It's the only way to keep your mind and body sharp.
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