Master of none
I love to try and learn new things but I get bored easily. When I was 3, I learned to swim and I actually got really good at it, was even a teacher's pet and all. But then I got bored. When I was in standard 2, I got really interested in taekwondo, begged my mom to let me sign up and convinced my grandma that it's not dangerous and that I'm not gonna break every bone in my lil body until they say yes. I managed to get my yellow belt and was already competing in tournaments but I got bored again a day before I was to go for my green belt grading. I felt pressured and felt that all the training was too much for me and that I have no time for fun as I was training every weekend.
As I got older, I developed new interests and tried lots of new things. Some I just picked up where I left off. I started swimming lessons again when I was 13 and actually trained to be a lifeguard when I was in 2nd or 3rd year of Uni and when I was 19, I started to take up martial arts again only this time it was karate and I think I was OK at it. Certainly stick to it much longer than taekwondo and was very actively participating in tournaments until something devastating happened but that's another story.
Anyway, I still get bored easily but not of the things that I was doing but of not doing anything. I always had to be doing something. I was a cheerleader, I took up new languages, played lots of sports, participated in plays and even theater while I was taking an unplanned break from karate because I got really bored of not doing anything else but studying. I also started volunteering.
I tried and did a lot different stuff and I guess I know enough of each of those things or at least I can say that I've been there, done that even if I'm not a total expert at it. Jack of all trades, master of none. Just the way I like it, at least for now.
In a true Nik Waheeda tradition, I have now taken up new things to try out: I'm learning mandarin and my sisters bought me a guitar so I'm planning on taking guitar lessons soon!
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