Being bad at something new isn’t a verdict. It’s just what week one looks like.

Week one is supposed to look like that. Nobody has a version of themselves who skips the clumsy part, and the only reason it feels like a judgement is that you are comparing your first attempt with other people’s hundredth. Incompetence at the start describes how long you have been doing something, not what you are capable of.

Decide in advance how long you will give something before you judge it, and make it longer than a week. Keep a note of what you could not do on day one. When the fortnight is up, read that rather than going by how you feel.