From Gautum (working on his 6-ball)
Had a thought today when I was juggling that I don't think gets talked about enough.
Normally I'm guessing everyone juggles 5-10 minutes and then takes a 1-2 minute break to relax before going again, or picking it up the next day.
If you'd like to progress really fast, try out longer sessions, 30 minutes straight. No breaks, at all. Initially, it will feel like taking a break would really help you, that the more you go on in a single session, the more sluggish your brain gets with all this mental effort. The fatigue is only worsening your pattern and flow. Keep focussing. And before you know it...
you'll catch a second wind!
When that happens, you'll see CLEAR AND TANGIBLE difference in your abilities to juggle WITHIN that one session. It's like you're superhuman for a minute, you can see the balls better, interpret the pattern better, REACT to the pattern if it messes up somewhere and correct it midair.
Anybody who's done long distance running in their life knows what I'm talking about, you get tired, and tired, and tired, and then all of a sudden
you're more invigorated than ever.
That second push of energy, wherever it comes from, is magic.
Juggling is all about self belief and it helps us precisely because we can SEE the day to day improvements.
It's a physical manifestation of our ability to change and improve.
Knowing that we can change and improve makes us feel powerful.
Because juggling works like that, doing more of it actually makes us feel more energetic and more excited than if we did less of it, because we can see ourselves change improve that much faster.
So even though doing more should make you feel exhausted, it actually makes you feel more energetic and powerful.
I'd really love for you to give long intense sessions of juggling a shot. If someone tries this, I'd love to hear how it worked out for you.
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