YouWish

Every week this year my 8 year old daughter and I have been learning karate . She was originally drawn into it by the fashion element of the coloured belts but now really enjoys it and is pretty good. Indeed as she has now done 3 exams her confidence is growing with a positive impact on the rest of her life at home and at school.

Most of this is down to the great teaching of our Sensei at our Shotokan Karate Club in St. Albans but is is also down to the basic discipline of it.

But what about me? Well in truth it is harder for me because I am 38 years older than she is and fairly uncoordinated which makes it like me learning an S Club Seven dance routine each week. That said I also love it for much the same reasons and find it as relaxing, albeit safer, as hurtling around on my large mororcycle in recent years because it requires absolute concentration that is ultimately relaxing.

As importantly it allows me to challenge my own “circles of comfort” and do something new. So what about you?

When did you last choose to do something that you have never done before and force yourself to get on with it when neither business or home life required that you do it. Be brutal, be honest but be sure that positive thinking is fine but positive action is priceless – or £6 a lesson.

Cheers

Nick