Every noun is a (crystallized) instance of a verb Dreamed I asked She-Ra/Adora if she could teach me to surf standing up whenever she had a chance, because I realized, while paddling along through the ocean and talking to someone else in our little entourage on the way to somewhere, that I had gotten in the habit of not challenging myself enough—it's one thing to not be overly competitive, but it's another thing altogether to let yourself get complacent.