If the new you feels clumsy, good. Nobody’s graceful in a body they just moved into.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Awkwardness is what competence feels like at the start, not proof that you chose wrong. A new way of being has no grooves worn into it yet, so every move takes conscious effort and looks like it does. Grace is only repetition that has become invisible. Expecting to be smooth immediately is the fastest route to quitting.

Give whatever you have just started a fixed stretch of time in which clumsiness is the price of admission rather than a signal. Stop evaluating yourself every week. Judge it once the moves have stopped needing your full attention.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Where are you willing to look clumsy in front of people?

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