Today, I presented myself favorably against the background of the remaining Group 1 members, namely, two kids, and got promoted to Group 2. Not sure if the timing was good, but better late than never.
Anyway, welcome to the world of gallop. Today I tried it for the first time. It rocks.
Either it?s my life that is getting so complicated, or it?s a natural course of things as time goes by, but every year my daily todo list and things-to-remember list is getting longer and longer.
Of this long list of pending items ? and this probably reveals that I rather suck at prioritizing things ? I chose horse riding as the one to push this weekend (sorry, driving license, another time).
The topic was pending since my horse riding adventures in China?s Tiger Leaping Gorge, which I enjoyed a lot.
I selected the Patataj horse school near Warsaw, which was suggested by a friend, after a short selection process, which in fact involved only one contender.
Typically, getting to Patataj is easy, 35 minutes with a suburb train, and then 15 minutes walk. But not this Sunday, and not my train, which struck, but only slightly, a car on the cross roads. A car struck slightly by a train looks like this:
The actual horse experience met expectations, even though I did rather poorly.
In order to make it clear to the horse how it?s supposed to go (and otherwise it is not going anywhere), one has to push it on both sides, or side after side, by the lower part of the leg, while pressing knees to the body of the horse. This involves some muscles which I apparently don?t have, so it didn?t work out very well, and I was more tired that the horse afterwards.
And as far as when to push, or when to rise from the saddle, horse riding is all about the rhythm. Adding the issue of steering the horse, in a shape of giving it signals, it?s suddenly all like dancing salsa with a partner. At least the horse is not so outspoken when you screw something.
On a positive side, though, I managed to make the horse go trot by myself, which according to the teacher allows some hope for the future.
Bartlomiej Owczarek used to be a management consultant in a global company, but at the moment he prefers to explore his own ideas at Goldenberry.
He lives in Warsaw, Poland.
Recently I use nozbe for "Getting things done". It allows to get tasks out of your mind, just like a calendar allows to be at ease about appointments.
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