I just needed to brag

I've mentioned that I'm learning to draw. I'm going through this book and I'm on lesson 17 now.

Before I started it I could barely draw anything at all recognizable. I'd always wanted to learn how to draw but I didn't feel like I had the talent.

But I've also always felt that, with the proper amount of work, you can learn how to do all sorts of things. It may take you more effort than it takes others, but you can do it--and if it does take a lot more effort for you, chances are you'll appreciate whatever you attain that much more.

Anyways, all this to set you up for what I drew earlier today.

Yes, that is a tiger. I drew it from a pic I found on Facebook. I didn't include the details--the tiger is lying at the edge of pool of water and he's reflected in it. It's a striking photo and I just didn't feel ready to tackle the reflection. So, I just drew the tiger.

Anyways, I wouldn't have even attempted something like this less than a month ago. Today, I just sat down and did it. It took me about twenty minutes, and I did it just to kill some time. While nobody will confuse my sketch for something done by a professional artist, for me it's orders of magnitude better than what I thought I could do before I set out to learn how to draw.

All this just to say--if there's something you've have always wanted to do--learn a foreign language, or how to play a musical instrument, or draw, or sing, or dance, or whatever--do it. Maybe it'll be incredibly difficult. Maybe you have no natural facility for whatever it is. Maybe it'll take forever. Maybe it'll be hard as hell. But you can still do it. And then you can brag about it on the Internet, too!