I Suck at Everything
Posted by Bob Miller at 5/24/2010 10:45 AM 
Categories: Relections on life
Tags: healthy living inspiration stroke support
Categories: Relections on life
Tags: healthy living inspiration stroke support
Most of the things that I do these days are more difficult for me now especially after my second stroke less than two months ago.
I detailed my experiences of "starting over again" in a recent blog post.
Today during my morning walk I began to reminisce about the strategies I used to recover my physical abilities from my first stroke.
I remember how my daily walks would include unorthodox sessions of lunges, bending, picking up stones with alternate hands and
writing the letter B in the dirt with a different finger on each bend.
Joining a local Toastmaster's group helped me regain some of my lost speech capabilities.
Today I sent an email to my Toastmaster group asking them to schedule me for as many jobs in as many different roles as possible
Some of these positions are much less desirable than the others, and not everyone is enamored with these posts.
The only way, that you will ever improve proficiency at any task however is by performing or "doing" the chore over and over.
I may "suck" at things that I do now but I will improve. There is no place to go but up.
Repetition creates mastery.
Bob Miller
Strokes Suck
I detailed my experiences of "starting over again" in a recent blog post.
Today during my morning walk I began to reminisce about the strategies I used to recover my physical abilities from my first stroke.
I remember how my daily walks would include unorthodox sessions of lunges, bending, picking up stones with alternate hands and
writing the letter B in the dirt with a different finger on each bend.
Joining a local Toastmaster's group helped me regain some of my lost speech capabilities.
Today I sent an email to my Toastmaster group asking them to schedule me for as many jobs in as many different roles as possible
Some of these positions are much less desirable than the others, and not everyone is enamored with these posts.
The only way, that you will ever improve proficiency at any task however is by performing or "doing" the chore over and over.
I may "suck" at things that I do now but I will improve. There is no place to go but up.
Repetition creates mastery.
Bob Miller
Strokes Suck
Bob,
What an honest post! Your warriors spirit is evident.
I liked the repetition is self mastery quote.
Great reminder. Thanks for sharing
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Great post Bob. I support you all the way. After my mother had her second stroke, she rarely spoke. It was as if she had "checked out" of her mind. We hired a woman to be with her during the day. The woman was a big talker. She talked to my mother for hours each day, and required my mother to answer her questions. Somehow, out of the darkness of her mind, my mother slowly returned to us.
So, yes, practice, practice, practice every skill you desire to regain.
Good for you Bob! Keep it up!
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Oh, dear, hate to call you out, but here's something you don't suck at: Writing a blog that touches and inspires the heart! RRR
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What an example of inspiration you are for me and others. I agree about the only way to improve proficiency at any task is by performing or "doing" the chore over and over. But you show it in taking such courageous steps. Thank you.
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