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After having a rough play session on Wednesday, I'm ready to sit down and blog about it!
I'm not going to go into too much depth but I wasn't feeling confident, Lily picked up on it which exacerbated it and things just really went out the window. She got away from me twice which won't do wonders for her confidence with ropes in zone 4/5 and I decided to call it a day because although ending on a bad note is undesirable, if I kept on trying and getting the timing wrong and not being in control of the situation it would mean worse repercussions in future play sessions. I was so frustrated at myself at this point that I was just completely in the wrong frame of mind. I sat down and I cried at my incompetence and Lily, whilst coming off adrenaline and enjoying endorphins, was just looking down at me as if to say, "I'm sorry, my little pet predator, I'm trying". I knew it wasn't her fault but what I didn't realise at the time was that it wasn't anyone's fault.
I beat myself up about it ALL day Wednesday and most of yesterday. I felt like I had royally screwed things up including Lily's trust in me and our relationship, that we'd be right back to square one. No, we're not, I spent UDT with her for a while yesterday and she caught me just fine. Tomorrow I'm going to dedicate a whole long play to fixing any bridges I set fire to and she might be a little hesitant about catching me when I'm holding my ropehalter and line tomorrow but we'll play on as always.
It felt like a major mistake but a good friend told me that it wasn't, it was purely a learning curve and it only becomes a mistake if I do the same thing all over again knowing what I know now. I realise what went wrong and I spoke to Arran for a few Savvy arrows and a confidence boost. Now I've had time to reflect, learn and set the task up for success, tomorrow will be a good session. I'm planning to play with fixing this task, amongst other things, but the good thing about a plan is you can throw it out the window if needsbe. They can't all be great sessions and I need to learn not to beat myself up so much when we have an off day. I am a student and I can't know when to be, where to be, what to be and how to be all the time just yet!! :) |
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That's really good, whoever told you you were on a learning curve. We've really had that emphasized to us in our course. You cannot make a mistake as a student. It's a big relief, for sure!
Keep it natural girly, you're doing fantastic :)
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That's really good, whoever told you you were on a learning curve. We've really had that emphasized to us in our course. You cannot make a mistake as a student. It's a big relief, for sure!
Keep it natural girly, you're doing fantastic :)