This post is being drafted from beautiful Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Since we’re on vacation it’s much shorter than usual, but I was going to post this to LinkedIn last night and I realized that it was more or less a micro-update. I hope everyone has a great Spring Break! 

Today I did a hard (for me) thing. I don’t have great balance on the whole. I have wide feet with high arches. 

This makes skiiing a tough choice for me. Rental gear rarely fits well, and by well I mean it rarely produces anything less than excruciating pain. I’m clumsy on ice and fall a lot. It just doesn’t come naturally to me (and snowboarding isn’t much better.) 

But as the bruises and aches can attest I did ski today. I learned, I improved, and I survived. I even had fun. Sure, I’d love to keep up with my family but that’s a lot more lessons and practice away. For now, I’m happy to have taken the challenge and learned to (somewhat) enjoy something my family enjoys very much. 

So let me encourage you with two things today: 

1. Take the challenge! Try something new and push yourself. Let me know what you do! 

2. For those with a family or a partner, find something they enjoy and make it something you can enjoy (even just a little) too.

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Fun