Patterns Come Baked In

Every event is a practice. Practice makes perfect.

Our brains are pattern recognizing machines. 

I remember when I learned how to drive.

When I got my license at 18, I thought I became a driving machine.  I didn’t realize that driving is a skill. The license didn’t mean good, it meant that I knew enough to stay alive. After I realized that, my confidence went to zero. The confidence didn’t come after I got my license.I went to college with no car, so I didn’t get to exercise the skill.

That changed when I went for an internship in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I went from not driving much at all in a familiar place to learning how to navigate and drive in an unfamiliar place.

Scary.

Soon, I started to understand the patterns. At first, I thought a lot about how to drive and where to go. After the patterns came into play, I thought about everything else. It took a few days, and the fear went away.

All this happened seamlessly. I didn’t have to do anything but show up.

The key was to keep swinging and let my brain do the rest.

Let the pattern work.