We all have skills that we can just do without even thinking about it, they are so well practiced, they are what we call automatic. This is due to neuroplasticity which is your brains amazing ability to learn and create new pathways, enabling you to do things without having to think about them.
Consider the time when you first learnt to drive; how complicated it seemed with all the different controls that needed to be operated whilst having to monitor your speed, consider your surroundings and navigate streets. Now you can get in a car and just drive, you don't need to consciously think about how to drive, you just do it - that is a great example of your brains ability to learn and create automatic behaviours.
This is great news because you can take a new skill and with practice, your brain will create new pathways allowing you to master it. The speed of the mastering differs from person to person and from skill to skill but what we do know is that consistent practice is the foundation of mastering the skill.
Helen Harding
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