There are definitely skills that I would love to maintain but aren’t able to for one reason or another. Skateboarding was one of them for sure - it was a lot of fun and great exercise but it wasn’t going to work out with how I got hurt a few times and needing to work.
I think one of the important skills I have that I want to continue honing is my first bit of my career that I’m in. The base of it is a lot of fun and I really enjoy the work, but I don’t do it as often these days and even my 2nd stage I don’t get to partake in at all which is a shame, that one was more entertaining. I don’t mind that I can’t do these things as much as I want to because it does go back to not all the hours in a day to do these things unfortunately. The skills are similar to yours though in that when I need them again, if I were to find myself in a difficult position, I would easily be able to find a job that does that and bring those skills back up to snuff. I don’t delude myself in think that I won’t ever need these skills again, because I know I will at some point. It’s always good to keep our options open!
In the meantime, I do get to practice the first ones every few months which is nice!
I wonder what you'd be like on the skateboard now. I know I'd probably crack my noggin in two if I got on one, but come to think of it that would have probably happened when I was 16 too.
I have lost many skills, or had them decline to the point of being almost unusable, over the term of my life. I guess things change and what was once needed isn't always needed. We grow and develop also, and often the skills we had and no longer use have helped us to gain those we do use.
Very true! Those original job skills helped me learn lots of other things to end up where I am now, with a whole different but important set of skills. I appreciate the project skills I’ve learned because it helps me break things down in stages a lot better whereas I don’t know how much I was really doing that before. It will help me in the long run I think!
I know that I can ride around and do some tricks still, though absolutely not the extent of what I did before and with the precision I did before but I know I’ve still got a couple up my sleeve! I would be wearing a helmet guaranteed now though lol this thing needs to serve me and my family for another few decades! Hell I would probably do wrist guards too lol
With those skills, they build up and change, morph into something often quite different from what they originally were. That's layers forming. You're still using the skills probably, just unconsciously.
If you decide to wear a helmet, don't make it a KFC bucket, it won't work well. Lol.