Exceeding Limitations

          Limitations are only set from within. I've found that curiosity and patience erase many expectations I have set for myself which gives me the opportunity to keep raising the bar. The old saying is if you never try, you'll never know. I never knew how mechanically inclined I could be until I bought a house and started trying things out. I guess it is because I've never had the opportunity before to try out electrical, minor plumbing, replacing shingles, and small motor repair. There are some things I don't attempt, because there could be some major repercussions, but I've noticed that I have gotten more comfortable with pushing my limits with attempting things that are foreign to me. I think I lack a prior knowledge that some have about how things work because they have experienced them before, but I like the challenge of trying to figure it out for myself. That is what self improvement is all about. I sometimes get caught up setting my expectations for myself pretty low when it comes to certain things, but thinking back on what I've accomplished gives me that minor confidence to take that next big step into a major project. My wife has a way of reminding me that I've never really been taught how to do the things I attempt, but that I have a natural instinct of figuring things out that most don't possess. See when I hear this, I immediately think that there is a whole bunch out there that I can't do. I guess a better way of thinking about it is that there are a lot of things I can't do.......yet. I am ready to explore more ways to increase my limits of capability in all aspects of life. Which makes me think, what other aspects of life have I not yet tried to set new limitations in?