Practice makes better...
how to not give up.
Hey hey beautiful soul,
How are you doing today? It rained for the most part here but it’s all good.
Monday is coming, are you ready?
Well, ready or not, it is almost here.
Take a deep breathe, let’s prep together.
I was thinking about my happy email to you today and I thought about one tasty stew I made some days ago. For those who don’t know, I got married last year and one of my new found hobbies is cooking experimenting with food ingredients, flavours and recipes. I absolutely enjoy feeding my lover who isn’t picky with food. Before marriage, I would say I did enjoy food but I preferred eating them to making them on my own especially from scratch.
In my one year of being married and cooking consistently, I have seen my confidence grow with each meal made. I love how extra confident I feel when the meals come out great, guests love them and even request for more. Today’s post isn’t so much about my cooking skills as much as it is about being intentional about improving yourself. Today’s post hopes to help you learn not to give up when the results don’t look like the desire. I saw a picture that communicated the blessing of consistent improvement.
This picture says a lot but the aspect I will like to speak into today is how being consistent at something makes it easier. So it is more about our tenacity than it is about our talent or lack of it. Go into this week with a little more knowledge about how not to give up- keep practicing because you will definitely be perfect better with each attempt. The goal is not to be perfect but to be better over time. Angela Duckworth in her research on grit explains that our grit grows when we live by the “Hard Thing Rule.” The Hard Thing Rule is that we must do one hard thing every day.
Just as it is the case with my cooking, choose what your hard thing will be and be committed to taking one courageous step forward after another.
This week, don’t be tempted to give up when something gets tough. Choose to NOT GIVE UP and improve yourself as you go. Let me let you in on a secret, “I have considered stopping this weekly letters to you so many times but I am choosing to improve my writing skills one week at a time.”
Let’s keep practicing and improving together okay?
You can reply this email with one thing you are choosing to practice over time and we will hold each other accountable.
I love you and I am rooting for you.