Doing the fun stuff you suck at

I have a(nother) confession to make:  I really suck at drawing or painting of any kind (except maybe house or wall-painting, I got that shizzle down!).  I have had 12-year-olds laugh at my simplistic attempt at drawing a koala.  I am firmly in the 'stick figure' category in terms of talent for realism.

But I LOVE drawing and painting! It's fun, it's messy and thanks to the Jackson Pollocks of the world, there are pretty much no rules whatsoever.

I also am pretty sure I suck at mountain-biking.  But gee it's fun.  And thankfully I have friends who don't judge me on what a wimp I am or if I end up walking my bike 60% or more of the way!

As a person just a *little* addicted to perfectionism, it isn't always easy to just give something a go if I think it's not going to work out. Can you relate? Have you noticed that the more you try to get it right, the less fun and more difficult it becomes? 

What if you would try, just for a moment, forgetting about getting right and allowing yourself to something really, really, badly?

I also had a friend whose dance moves were of the Peter Garrett school in terms of coordination (for those born after '82 - here's a link to check out what I am talking about), but I loved working the dance floor with them, not because they made me look good by comparison (that's arguable!) but because they had fun and no judgement of it.  There were willing to be the worst dancer in the room, and we created so much fun and laughter trying to outdo each other with "bad" dance moves!

Have you noticed when you do things for the fun of it and not the judgement, reward or for any other reason, life gets happier?  When you let go and let yourself do something as badly as you can, it gets more joyful! 

If you don't judge, you get to enjoy. So if there is something you are doing in your business right now that you no longer enjoy, what judgments do you have of it, and what if you let them go and allow yourself to do a bad job... you might find you become even better at it!