Well of course I am a different person but that would have happened whether I did handstands or not. Honestly, this year has taught me many things but unfortunately for you, I don't have any magic answers.
I know I am kind of bummer out about it too.
Maybe I am taking what I know for granted... I can say for certain that the biggest obstacle that stands in my way is fear. Fear of failure, fear of falling, fear of looking like a dumb ass, you know the basic fear and anxiety sort of stuff. If you can get past that fear then you will have fun and it won't matter so much if you can hold a handstand like you belong in the circus.
In this case the idea that the good stuff is in the journey absolutely applies. I figured it would be the case since most of life is like that but was hoping for some big fanfare and confetti or something at the end.
It turned out to be just another day. A happy day. We did go to a beautiful park surrounded by trees and it was a lovely warm day but really that could have been interchanged with any day.
After having decided that I wasn't done and would go ahead and start over, I started thinking about what you might want to know about this journey so far. Here is a list of Five things that I can tell you about my year of handstands.
Number ONE~ Handstands take work every day. Yes I technically did a handstand daily but I didn't work on it all that hard. Not every day was there "work". In order to get BETTER, I have to work at it. I read this article and realized that it takes 5 minutes a day. I get tired. I am not recovered yet. I am a million times better but I still suffer from exhaustion and 5 minutes of handstand practice is kind of a lot. So many days are just little pop ups to be able to say I stuck with it. I also had to learn to be ok with that. I have to be ok with a lot of things in the name of getting better.
Number TWO~ Gaining weight made it harder. There isn't a while lot of explanation to go along with that. BUT, its ok. I'm loosing the weight and regardless, my body is pretty awesome in general added pounds or not. I started doing handstands about 15 pounds lighter. As the weight was put on, it seemed to get harder. meh. Regardless of weight, I think everyone can handstand and can love it!
Number THREE~ A year is a really long time! Not to say that its not perfectly do able to do a handstand every day. But when you get to day 250 and kind of wish you were done because you feel no better at hand standing, even though you are, you realize how long a year is AND how much time there is to life. Choose wisely and make each day count!
Number FOUR~ Do not compare yourself to others and pictures are static. This is a tough one. There is a fine line between being inspired and jealous. Some people will make it look really easy. If I am that for you, I apologize. It is not easy and most of my pictures are really well timed pop ups and NOT handstands held forever. I'm not there yet.
Number FIVE~ Mundane can be magnificent and magnificent can be mundane. This sums it up nicely. I thought it would be HUGE at the end but it turned into something I just do. It's no less magnificent but I'm not done. I started over and am day 7 of year two now. I still can only hold a handstand for a couple few seconds. Thats not enough. I am working on practicing longer each day and still focusing on being joyful and letting my shift in physical perspective help me in changing my mental perspectives too.
Want to try a handstand challenge? Just get upside-down. There is nothing fancy about the challenge and anyone and everyone is encouraged to play along. The link I posted above is fabulous and will get you started. Post your pictures anywhere on social media and use hashtag #handstand365 and if you are on year 2 then I put #handstand365x2 . Have fun above all!! xoxo
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