As I was hurtling down hill this afternoon I was thinking “what I should be doing is keeping these skis completely parallel and leaning forward. Most of the weight on this leg, but just enough here on the other to keep the skis in line”. Of course I didn’t actually achieve much of that. I’ve never been that good at skiing and I haven’t had any skis on my feet for about four years.

I do know what I ought to be doing, though. It reminded me of the feeling I get sometimes when I’m trying to handle other issues, perhaps around Agile planning or team dynamics, or just getting people to love tests: I feel that I know what I ought to be doing, but it just doesn’t always seem to come together properly.

More practice needed, I think. Especially ski practice.