When it clicks
A reflection on those perfect moments when confusion melts into clarity, and your hands know the way before your mind catches up.
One moment you're fighting sticky pizza dough that clings to everything. Then a thought emerges – perhaps I should just let it rest for fifteen minutes! And suddenly, it obeys.
These clicks come faster now. After mastering a few skills - pizza making, a second foreign language, or getting in shape - each new challenge flows easier. The mind knows what to expect, how to absorb, when to push. Each small victory builds on the last until mastery isn't a destination but a natural state.
The real magic lives in these moments of sudden clarity. They come unannounced, often when you've stopped forcing them. You're in the kitchen, and your hands know the recipe before checking the book. Or you're flowing with a rope, merely thinking of a next move, and your body already starts simultaneously moving six body parts to get it done. That's when you know - the skill is yours now.