About the Great Skate Project
When holiday preparations, busy social schedules and looming year-end work deadlines are making me tense, I can't wait for the new year to start. In January, I think, I'll be happy to have nothing pressing to do, no special plans to make.
Then, by about January 5th, I start to get stir crazy from boredom.
So on New Year's Day, 2012, I launched my Great Skate Project. My goal was to skate at a different outdoor rink every weekend between January and March.
Since then, I have skated at more than 40 rinks in Toronto and beyond, and I've written about each one on this blog. I can't always make it to a new rink each weekend, but I do try to skate somewhere. And I try to encourage as many friends and family members to join me as I can. Goofy hobbies are more fun when they are shared.
What I have learned from skating:
- The only thing a skating rink needs is frozen water. Everything else is a luxury. (Great Skate #9)
- Falling down is part of learning. (Great Skate #2)
- If you go with the flow, you're probably going counter-clockwise. (Great Skate #7)
- Skating makes good memories. (Great Skate #30)
- Any chance to skate is a Great Skate.
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