Victory post!

[kaylee_ann]

Honey, people said that of ME. Gotta be a stubborn b***h. Tell the haters to eff off.

they think I'm rushing into things. it makes no sense because I never said I'm gonna try and pursue technical training in the near future.

 

[Marie13]

they think I'm rushing into things. it makes no sense because I never said I'm gonna try and pursue technical training in the near future.

So you have goals. So what? Flip them the bird, tell them to eff off, and block on social media if they continue to be pricks.

 

[kaylee_ann]

So you have goals. So what? Flip them the bird, tell them to eff off, and block on social media if they continue to be pricks.

maybe I'm wrong but I think my goal of tech diving is making me a better diver-in-training now. because I strive for the level of perfection tech diving requires.

 

[parzdiver]

My goal is to do technical diving someday…people say it’s a bit ridiculous

It is only ridiculous until you do it.

 

[EFX]

It’s been really hard to just relax and go slow. That’s the worst part. When I kick too fast then it throws off my trim a bit. And my buoyancy’s all rattled because my breathing is off. Once I finally reeled it in, everything went really really well. But man does it take a lot of trial and error to figure out how to calm my brain down.

Being able to really enjoy diving, for me, was the ability to relax and go slow. You say it takes a lot of trial and error. For me, it took a lot of diving and I think you'll find with experience you will relax and become more comfortable in the water. This will lead to safer and more enjoyable diving.

 

[kaylee_ann]

Being able to really enjoy diving, for me, was the ability to relax and go slow. You say it takes a lot of trial and error. For me, it took a lot of diving and I think you'll find with experience you will relax and become more comfortable in the water. This will lead to safer and more enjoyable diving.

I just get so nervous I'll mess up and disappoint my instructor, or dive buddy. but slowly I've started to trust myself/my skills more

 

[kaylee_ann]

It is only ridiculous until you do it.

what do you mean exactly LOL

 

[parzdiver]

what do you mean exactly LOL

I was paraphrasing the "it's only impossible until you do it."
If someone tells you doing something is ridiculous, as in, "you can't possibly do that," you do it and prove them wrong. If they are using ridiculous as a "that's stupid," then it is a them problem, not a you problem.

Besides, I like ridiculous. I have a dive hood with a shark fin on it. I showed up for a Halloween dive dressed as Spiderman. Ran a 5k in a tutu. Joined a business Zoom call wearing a pirate hat. Ridiculous is FUN.

 

[johndiver999]

As you progress in the pursuit of diving, rather than telling people to F off, it might be more productive to attempt to discern which people are providing useful advice/insight and then pay attention to their comments, even if the information is critical or doesn't serve to stroke your ego.

Not all "nice" people give good advice and not all "grumpy" people give bad.

As others have said, the most important thing in learning to dive is your attitude and determination. Having anxiety or clumsiness (or whatever) are just challenges everyone has to master (to some extent).

As long as the activity is something you find interesting, challenging and/or fun (thus something you really want to do) there is a VERY good chance that you can learn to be a good diver. It sounds like your attitude is 99% where it needs to be.

You almost certainly will have many more (underwater) victories to celebrate in the future.

 

[kaylee_ann]

I was paraphrasing the "it's only impossible until you do it."
If someone tells you doing something is ridiculous, as in, "you can't possibly do that," you do it and prove them wrong. If they are using ridiculous as a "that's stupid," then it is a them problem, not a you problem.

Besides, I like ridiculous. I have a dive hood with a shark fin on it. I showed up for a Halloween dive dressed as Spiderman. Ran a 5k in a tutu. Joined a business Zoom call wearing a pirate hat. Ridiculous is FUN.

They’re saying it’s stupid and I shouldn’t be planning too far ahead or whatever. In the end I don’t really care, if I want to eventually do technical diving then I’ll work my ass off to do it.
Lmao, that’s great. My husband used to walk around town in a t-Rex costume.