Some records are deceptively easy. Some are deceptively difficult. This one was the latter.

Juggling is my specialty. I can do it on a balance board. I can do it on a unicycle. I can do it blindfolded. I can do it on a balance board and a unicycle blindfolded. I can do it fast. I can do it slow. I can do it throwing the balls down with bounce juggling – surely I can do it while suspended upside down.

Turns out, I couldn’t.

The record for most balls juggled while suspended upside down was 4. I could surely get 5 to break the record. Well, it took me so many tries over so long a period that someone else got 5 in the meantime and it’s now a 2-way tie for the Guinness World Records title (and yes, ties are allowed). It took a growth mindset and grit