2020-06-30 - Juggling 
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Some weeks ago somebody gave me a set of juggling balls. Since then 
i've been practicing juggling very regularly and i am kinda falling 
in love with it.

I started practicing the easiest cascade pattern, and found it 
pretty difficult at first. So i got comfortable throwing one ball 
from hand to hand, then two balls. And after some days of 
practicing the occasional 10 to 15 minutes, i managed to land three 
throws with three balls.

Next followed more throws, and now after a couple of weeks of 
practicing the cascade pattern is starting to feel quite familiar. 
So now i'm slowly progressing to learn more tricks, such as 
occasional throws of a half-shower (with left and right hand) and 
i can also do Tennis if i pay attention for a couple of throws.

Furthermore, i'm learning to do the reverse cascade, and also try 
to do the cascade while clawing the balls out of the air.

At the moment the most difficult is still to do juggling with one 
hand and two balls. Here i really notice i have a dominant hand, 
and that my throws are still very very uneven. But despite that, i 
love practicing the juggling.

And on top of that, the juggling is making me unreasonably happy... 
I do not know what it is exacly; It's probably a combination of 
things. With every practice run, i feel i'm progressing a bit, and 
every day things go slighly bit better. One day i'm able to make 
three proper throws with my left hand, and the next day i land five 
throws. In addition, somehow the sensory feel of catching these 
little balls filled with rice is very satisfying. It's the feel of 
the faux leather, in combination with the weight of the balls 
hitting your hands at some speed or something. And the more at ease 
i become with the basic tricks, the more i can focus on enjoying 
just letting my body catch the balls "automatically". 

Another thing i appreciate is the simplicity of the activity. I can 
just take these three little balls i've been given, and have 
something fun to do anywhere i go. It's awesome.

And while juggling seems a weird thing really, it's making my brain 
pretty happy so i will just quietly continue practicing my 
juggling, and enjoy throwing and catching these funny little balls.