As we get older we practice less and then wonder why we are improving less or at worse going backwards. As a child you were told to practice practice practice and surprise surprise you improved, be that at sport, playing the piano or doing your spellings! So the question is what happened to make us grow out of voluntarily practicing, is it laziness, apathy or just too busy existing doing other things. Take time out to practice what you do, what you want to be better at and then practice practice practice - go on Stop Faffing About and get on with it!