The process of self-improvement

[glenatron]

How do you get better at something? In my experience the first thing is that you have to want to get better at it. That's the driving force that will get you doing everything else. On top of that you must build practice, as much as possible, and tuition from the best teachers you can find. Really, that's it. There are no short cuts and no tricks

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[ownedbyhorses]

Sounds like a great birthday present!

BTW you will be about 4 hours from me, which in Southwest Driving is like right next door... :)

Do you have some TX LJ friends you'll be hanging with? Dallas will be an extremely hard city to drive around in; Denton is a great college town and has some good bookstores.

[glenatron]

I most certainly hope to visit skye_ds who is not too far to the south of where I'm going to be. Beyond that I haven't really planned where I was going or when because I don't yet know how we'll be working things in terms of weekends and so on, but if there are people nearby and if I have my own wheels I would certainly be quite up for visiting...

[oifonly]

cor....what an excellent thing to do! *slowly turns green*

I hope you and sleepsy_mouse manage to get the house moving organised without too much hassle. :)

[glenatron]

Me too. And I hope we manage to do it before February.

[sleepsy_mouse]

seconded!

[buymeaclue]

Wow, that oughta be an adventure and a half. Have fun! Take good notes. ;)

[glenatron]

It may not be Workbooks From The Spanish Riding School but it will be the closest I'll ever get, so I'll certainly make the best effort I possibly can on that front...

[buymeaclue]

Have you read those? I'm v. intrigued, but they're just pricey enough that I'm having trouble justifying the purchase and I haven't been able to get my hands on a copy to sway myself one way or the other...

[glenatron]

I haven't, no, but Charles Harris was Julian's mentor so we do get quite a lot of his teaching incorporated into what we learn- hence the year we've spent on the lunge. I do have Fundamentals Of Riding at home, which carries a lot of information in an incredibly terse fashion.

I would certainly like to read them but feel similar to you about the price/not having seen them thing. Come to think of it, someone I know must have a copy they'd be prepared to lend...

[skiesfirepaved]

Oh wow! That is some news. Will you have internet while you're out there? I expect photos! The place looks gorgeous, I'm excited for you.
"Students are welcome to bring one horse free of charge to work on during their stay" - if I pay for Pepsi's air travel, can you take the grumpy old cowbag with you? :P Personally, I'd love to see how natural horsemanship would work on her. So if you ever find yourself with nothing to do... XD

It'll be interesting to work with cattle from horseback, I hope you have fun. Ooh, and roping! Bahahaa.

[glenatron]

I've been working on my roping since September. I remain terrible at it.

When I get back I would love to come up and visit with you and Pepsi at some time- of course it's not really Natural Horsemanship in the way the people I'm working with talk about it but over the next few years I'll be all about doing as much as I can with as many different horses as I can, so it would be great for me...