189. It’s Okay to Be a Beginner

By cpaine | December 6, 2022

As we are approaching the end of the year and preparing to move into a new one, we thought that talking about beginnings today would be a great topic!

I recently began a new workout time because it felt like it was the right time for it with Micah being five months old. Jesse was very encouraging, reminding me that it’s okay to be a beginner.

That got me thinking about the many things in life that I am now good at but wasn’t always. I, for example, am now a very skilled blogger, but I refined my blogging skills by blogging nearly every single day since 2005 or so. I kept showing up.

Showing up as a beginner can be difficult at first. You just want to jump right to being an expert, but keep showing up as a beginner because there is only one way to go from there – forward, and it can be so worth it, especially since you might even end up becoming an expert!

In This Episode

[00:35] – We are talking about being a beginner today.

[01:10] – We just got back from our trip to Kansas!

[04:18] – Micah does really well on flights.

[05:19] – Hear about how I had an incident involving gum on the flight.

[08:32] – I reveal how I figured out how to get the gum off me.

[10:50] – Did you know that chewing gum can reduce under-chin fat?

[12:51] – I have been listening to Healing Stones by Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn.

[15:17] – We dive into talking about being a beginner.

[16:12] – Jesse gives insight into the workout program he discovered for me.

[19:20] – Jesse had encouraged me that it’s okay to be a beginner.

[20:19] – I have been blogging nearly every single day for more than fifteen years.