Prompt 24: Try

What is one thing (activity, food, career, event, travel, etc.) that you'd like to try in 2012? Why haven't you tried it yet? What makes 2012 the year to try it?

Well this is timely because just yesterday I would not have had an answer for this. 

Last night when I was out skiing it was suggested that I consider being a ski instructor. That is not something I have ever considered in my life.

My initial reaction was a burst of laughter.  Seriously? Me? Teach downhill skiing? That's funny considering I was just thinking that I need more lessons myself.

But when I thought about what it would really mean to be an instructor I thought maybe teaching is a good way to learn too.

I spent Friday night teaching my niece and nephew how to stop and turn on downhill ski's and the week before I attempted to teach them to snowboard.  Boarding was OK for my niece but my nephew was a bat out of hell on that thing.  But regardless, I had a great time chasing them up and down the hills on both of those days.

And while doing it, I was reciting the things my ski instructors had said to me JUST LAST YEAR. And as I said those things, I was reminding myself of things that I had actually forgotten from my own lessons.

I also started thinking about the clinics I have seen the instructors participate in to further their own skills. All of this exposure to teaching, being taught and spending time with more advanced skiers might be the ticket to advancing my own skills.

So I think next season, at the end of 2012 I will explore the idea of becoming an instructor. Before then I plan to join a ski group for women to pick up more tips and tricks for myself.  Then, maybe next year (when I'm not training for a marathon) I will have better skills and more time to explore the instructor idea.