Five-Niner Hotel, My ride for these flying lessons.

My flying lesson the day I wrote this was one takeoff and landing after another for over an hour, in gusty wind. That is some extreme multitasking to takeoff, climb, turn, radio calls, level off, turn, power down, descent angle, flaps, turn, more flaps, final turn and you are heading back down to the runway (or in some cases missing the runway) already.

Then it’s power back up and go again. Intense. I do not have this dialed in to say the least! It was a tough challenge to work on those skills as an incompetent beginner. Frustrating!

My instructor was very encouraging that this is a normal feeling after this lesson. Reminds me that one of the requirements for growth in any area is to be willing to do things poorly at first.

I can put a big sloppy checkmark in the “did something new poorly” box today! Your turn.

P.S. I’m conducting a workshop at the CCDA Conference this week. The CCDA organization is a great resource for addressing poverty in informed and effective ways. Worth a look if you are interested in that topic.