Often I find myself racing a million miles an hour. Sometimes that's good, but sometimes that can be crippling. Lately i've been doing my best to stick with my training regime. It's tough, but that's ok 'cause i'm super motivated. However, as motivated as I am, sometimes i feel super bogged down. It's takes a toll, putting so much into something. Especially when the results are minimal. I guess that's where the mental game comes in...knowing that what you're doing is on the right track, just trusting that it is working, the training program, and to stick with it.
Two days ago a friend (who runs a backcountry cabin outfit) asked me if i wanted to help him pack in some food to his backcountry hut. I chose to help him as he is a friend and i felt as though i should as he's helped me many times in the past. He's a great guy and i was pretty stoked to hang out with him. I invited my brother-in-law to come with as he had never seen the terrain we were about to embark on. The night before our little venture i wasn't stoked at all. Maybe due to laziness, maybe because i didn't want to take time off of climbing (even though it was only for a day and a half), who knows...but i just wasn't into the idea anymore.
Up at 6:30 we were on our way and after 3hrs of travel and 2 hours of hiking, i found myself lazed out on a lawn chair, wrapped in a thick blanket in what seemed like heaven. Surrounded by beautiful mountainous landscape in the thick of a meadow as far as the eye could see, i was more content and at peace than, heck...i don't remember when. I dozed in and out of slumber for at least 4 hours. It was perfect. Oh, and of course, my brother-in-law Aaron was right beside me, in his own lawn chair, wrapped in a blanket, enjoying the moment also.
I find it hard to just sit. Really hard actually. I feel as though the more i just sit, the more i'm missing out on getting something done, or started for that matter. I think God forces me to sit sometimes. He does know better...so with that, I trust those situations. This particular situation, in the meadow, wrapped in my blanket...i'm pretty sure that was one of the "presented" times by God. We all need some quiet time-whether chosen or forced. It's good to stay calm, experience total peace, enabling us to think...to think deep. I believe that when we're at peace the most, it's in those times where we can hear God's voice the clearest. Super cool.
I'm reading another book right now based on mental toughness. Gosh there is so much to the mental side of things. So far, out of this one i'm learning that you need to commit to the things you don't want to commit to. That typically, when you opt not to climb something, when you're not "into it", that usually means you're afraid. That was an eye opener as i've caught msyelf a few times saying, " that route sucks, i'm not into it!" Well perhaps that was due to the fact that it was hard for me. Good revelation and humbling at the same time. YOu need to be honest with yourself...in every facit. If you want something...you can't just pick and choose what parts of it you want. You need to commit to all of it. Your weaknesses that cause you to turn the other cheek...well, no longer...stare your weakness down, showing it that it doesn't exist. Even if you don't succeed at your attempt to shut down your weakness, at least your trying and with persistance and motivation, eventually that weakness will no longer exist.
Facing your weaknesses is never easy. Whether in life or the sport you do, it's hard, but shutting your weakness down will lead to greater things...you just need to man up and stop making excuses.
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