In the interest of getting out of my rut, my husband and I went away…to the other side of town.
One of the perks was that the facility had a pool. No big whoop for me, because I don’t much like chlorinated pools. My husband does though, so even though it was late (9:30pm is late when you are usually in bed by then), and even though it was freezing out, and even though it was snowing out, and even though we had to walk outside (the equivalent of about 3 blocks, maybe, but still) to get to said pool, and even though I had to put on a bathing suit in February…I went with him.
I took swimming lessons when I was 12, but it never clicked for me. I was always awkward in the water, so do not consider myself a swimmer.
My husband is a great swimmer.
I had planned to sit on the side of the pool and watch him, but he convinced me to swim a little…and guess what?
I swam the length of the pool 3 times! I enjoyed it! I wanted to stay longer! I didn’t even mind the walk back to the room!
Go figure. Maybe there are things that you can do but haven’t you haven’t tried because you keep telling yourself that you can’t.
What if you can?
Karen Creamer Author, Coach, Speaker 