Top 10 ways to stay motivated

That ol' learning curve...


Sometimes it is steep, sometimes it's a nice gradual climb. It's those steep ones that feel intense! Like when I had to learn how to use my camera and make videos and edit them and holy the steps! Or that time I started hula hooping just for fun in my living room...had I known that there would be tricks and dancing involved...I had no idea what was waiting for me!

How are you doing with your learning curve? Have you plateaued? It's totally normal to hit those plateaus...and then the learning curve will start up again once you find a new trick you want to tackle. This has been my pattern - although I am only 3 years into Hoop Dance.

Here are my tips for avoiding frustration and staying motivated in my hoop dance practice:

• know that this is a journey - it's not a race...it's really not.  
  
• remember that no one is like you - your dance is perfect and your process is your own - stop comparing.
  
• get organized with your practice - make a list of tricks you are working on - your goals!
  
• don't be hard on yourself - we strive for perfection and it's in the mistakes that we learn real lessons.
  
• buddy up - having a hoop buddy can keep us motivated and positive.
• play - be silly, explore, give yourself permission to experiment!
• remind yourself of your successes - remember when you couldn't do a bunny ear pass and blew out the light trying to learn it? And now look at you! You badass ninja! Bunny ears all over the fricken place!
• leave it - feeling negative because of a trick you're not nailing just yet?  Go back to it tomorrow or next week or next month. Trust me, this actually works.

• balance out your interests - for 3 years I was obsessed with online hoop dance videos, other hoop communities, trainings and events. While it was a wonderful 3 years of immersing myself into something new and powerful I forgot about my other passions - balance it all out because all those other hoopers have other things going on too - well most of them do;)
• Engage!! attend workshops, events, gatherings and connect with your hoop community! it is the connection we make with others (online and offline) that make this hoop journey extra sweet!

Give one or 2 of these a go - tell me how you get along - remember that point about connection with our community;)
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