This is a nice short piece of writing. The author sets the stage: uncoordinated and unathletic. Then they introduced their challenge: kayaking (or similar) wh

This is a nice short piece of writing. The author sets the stage: uncoordinated and unathletic. Then they introduced their challenge: kayaking (or similar) which for them was a hard thing. Then they described the process: practice and improvement over a long period of time. And they closed with a personal success and take-away: it's worth the effort because of the experience regardless of the scale of the outcome. Nice.