"Understanding" and "doing" are different.

I can't believe it's gotten so cold so suddenly.

I'm Aoyagi, and even though I know it's cold, I want to enjoy autumn a little longer by wearing long-sleeved shirts and other tops.





Recently, I was reminded of something.


"Understanding" and "being able to do" are different.


Even if I think I understand something intellectually, when I actually try it, it doesn't go well at all.

I think, "Oh, I see," but when I try it myself, I can't do it as I expected.



When I'm skateboarding with my son, I'm the perfect example of this story. (lol)

I watch a skateboarding video and say, "I can do that. Let's go skateboarding now and try it!" but then I go and can't do anything at all.

No parental dignity whatsoever. (lol)

Even if I "think I understand" intellectually, when I actually try it, I can't do it at all.

I fall countless times, fail, and gradually start to understand not just with my head but with my body, and then finally that feeling changes into "being able to do."



"Understanding" is a state of intellectual comprehension.

"Being able to do" is a state of having acquired something through experience.

Between those two, there is always a "wall of practice."







Until now, there have been many things that I "thought I understood" but never actually mastered.

However, by actually trying, there are moments when "understanding" transforms into "being able to do."



"Understanding" at a knowledge level is the start.

"Being able to do," where it's ingrained and can be recalled at any time, is the goal.

Action bridges that gap.



Don't be satisfied with "understanding"; see it through until you "can do."

I think that's what it means to truly internalize something.

In everything, I want to not just think I understand, but actually be able to do it.