A lot of times I'll have a trick in mind, but I'll tell myself that I need to land every easy trick similar to it before trying, then I get to tried on the easy stuff and don't try the trick I wanted to. Example: today I wanted to work on varial heels, so I figured the best thing to do was a bunch of front shuvs and heelflips, but heelflips just wouldn't work today. Tried for like 5 minutes and landed one tail dragger and one shitty one. I did the smart thing today and just went for the v heel and managed to get one, but it took until I was done skating to land.
Taking 20 last tries and holding my buddies up.
Just not being confident because I don't skate as much as I did in my 20s and teens. I've been learning that most of the tricks are still there and I don't need to skate 20 hours a week to keep up.