I get/evade this feeling a lot in roller derby!
How to Forget it was Hard, Comic Transcript
Thing 1 and Thing 2 are in conversation.
Thing 1: I forgot it was hard, and then it became easy.
Thing 1: I feel dumb. Why didn't I do this earlier?
Thing 2: Because you had not yet done the practice needed to make it easy. That's not dumb, that's determined!