I learned to juggle

No, that’s not a metaphor about time management. I literally learned to juggle. Three tennis balls.

The process of learning it was a joy. The physical and mental coordination requires a level of rewiring the brain that on some caveman level was super satisfying.

Inevitably, part of the learning curve is many, many, many repeat failures. These are quickly brushed off because they’re expected and fun, which seems like an important perspective and relationship to failures to drill into your brain.

Just gotta pick up your balls and try again. (Sorry.)

Then, when you actually can juggle, it is great for brain health. I learned this from Jim Kwik. Apparently the neurons firing across the left and right brain improves logic and creativity in the short and long term. And the peripheral vision training is good for speed reading and relaxing the eyes.

Its perfect for a five minute break from the screen, or a lunch break activity.

If you’re working in an office where juggling (and dropping) tennis balls throughout the day isn’t an option, there is always the Deangelo Vickers’ invisible juggling technique: