One blog post I hate to write because it seems so bloody middle class but I probably have to accept the fact that that's what I have become! In December 2014 my family and I went on holiday to France with some of my oldest friends Ross and Morag Anderson on our first skiing holiday (the Anderson's are uber expert skiers)
In December 2015 we went back to the same place with the same people to carry on our skiing adventure. We're now about 18 months in including quite a few visits to the Snow Dome and then skiing with an instructor every single day for the last two holidays to try and get us to a stage where we are at least safe and competent and can enjoy ourselves.
What has this got to do with anything?
At age 42 I started to try to learn a new skill. I had never skied before and my balance is terrible. I am not a natural skiing athlete in any way (my family call me Bambi!). It was never likely to be easy for me and was made even harder by the fact that my children have vanished past me in a flurry of snow which ejects up from their skis to cover me in humiliation.
On this most recent holiday I went into it with an injury from the Triathlon training on my left leg which got progressively worse throughout the week. On the final day I couldn't ski as my family went off around the mountains and I sat in the chalet by myself cursing my bad luck and my inability to train when I return back from holiday. Does this mean the end of my ski adventure?...
Absolutely not. So far I have invested quite a lot of money in clothes for skiing, skiing holidays, lessons at the Snow Dome, lessons on holiday, lift passes etc. It's not a cheap thing to do which is why it's middle class. I have listened to the instruction I have had from various types of people and tried to apply that to whatever opportunity I have had. I look back to see what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong and I will get back to this as soon as I possibly can, investing more money over the next few years to try and get better at it to the situation where I am enjoying it and I am safe.
Sound like anything else I have talked about before? Learning a new skill in your 30s or 40s is really difficult and is much harder than when you're younger. It also takes time, practice and financial investment. Apply that to anything you like, for me the application through dental education is enormous. Anybody who thinks they are going to go on a one week ski holiday with no practice in advance and no practice afterwards and be able to do it is bonkers, it's never going to happen.
The same thing applies with implant dentistry for me. It's a five year plan. You want to get on it... get on it now.
Blog Post Number: 826
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