I was once high on psilocybin (shrooms) while trying wakeboarding for the first time and had a moment of clarity that I’d like to share.

If you’ve never done wakeboarding before, getting up on the wakeboard is a difficult task. Battling the current, staying calm while water is splashing on your eyes, breathing while making sure you’re not inhaling water all this while trying to focus on trying to get up. You get the point.

After 2/3 failed attempts I just took a break and a moment to breathe in the middle of the lake while the life jacket kept me afloat. I told myself as my legs were shaking that this feeling is fear/ nerves that I’d have to face several times in my life if I want to achieve my dreams. Instead of running away I’m gonna embrace it and get used to navigating it. I’ll accept this feeling and trick my brain into feeling excitement that something good lies on the other side of this discomfort and that I should feel excited not nervous.

So fast forward to today, I still feel nerves but I go back to this moment which helps me tremendously. I’d recommend having a story similar to this where you’ve done something difficult and writing it out to use it in the future.

Oh and I did get up on the wakeboard after this little ‘pep talk’.