Why I Juggle: Todd Tresidder

my name is Todd Tresidder and I'm a juggler not one of those Pro jugglers who gets paid to dazzle audiences by throwing chainsaws and knives into the air instead I'm a 58 year old retiree father of two husband former hedge fund investment manager author of seven personal finance books and now I'm a joke I'm the retired old guy who juggles because he loves it calms my overactive mind with movement meditation and it's the ultimate anti-aging medication the focus and coordination required to get these old bones to learn new tricks reverses the neural breakdown that occurs with aging the cool thing is my timing and balance are all improving with age rather than declining plus it's fun to hang out with young crazy flow artists and keep me young at heart I first got addicted the floor it's a few years back when I took up koi spinning and now I'm adding slacklining and juggling as new challenges I aspire to the unicycle soon but for now I'm just making do with two wheels juggling is an amazing meditative learning process because each new trick seems impossible when you first try it but then it's easy once you figure it out then it's on to the next trick because there's always a new challenge with the flow arts my goal is to learn most of the three ball tricks this summer and then start expanding my club repertoire into the winter my friends like to joke that I'm working on his second career as old fart the clown so I can run off with the circus have become a kid again but it's really just about spending more time in the flow I want to get better every year that I get older whether it's juggling slacklining poi spinning I want to expand rather than decline with age the best way I know how to do that is to live in the flow there's nothing better I told you not to injure yourself