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. Within days, you should be able to solve a 3x3 cube from any position. When the elegant trigger moves are flowing freely and muscle memory overtakes your thoughts, it feels almost like you’re flying.I like to “go abroad” to a hot country without leaving my flat
, laboriously rewinding, practising footwork, posture, arm position. It comes out at the strangest times; in an empty street, I’ll find myself springing into Gene Kelly’s kerb skip from Singin’ in the Rain. A giddy, private joy that makes me feel better about the weather.I’ve been having some of the most fun of my life volunteering with elderly people: a raucous, 30-piece drums, bass and brass mashup – and the most fun I could ever have imagined.
. It is huge and furry and makes me look like such an idiot that a man recoiled in Lidl last week. This would have once caused me to wither up and die of shame, but now I find it quite invigorating – like I’ve just been for a jog.head to a nearby beach of an evening
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