There must have been some cosmic alignment that altered the Earth's gravitional pull this week... very low gravity week.
Tuesday afternoon I went into the gym with the Kid. I was feeling crummy; like a cold was arriving, and I had zero motivation. I went in anyway, figuring that if I was climbing really bad, I could always go upstairs and work out with the weights.
Surprise, surprise. After the sporadic, and almost non-existent, climbing I did over the past few weeks... I climbed great! I didn't climb a lot, but what I climbed was great. I finally sent one of my bouldering projects, after months of attempting to link the top and bottom moves. It wasn't a particularly hard problem, but it had all of the components that I struggle with... overhanging, big moves and a throw, up and around a corner. I always have found big moves to be a challenge, and after so much time off (and a c-section) the overhanging boulder problems are ... well, a problem for me. Anyway, I finally sent it. Yipeee.
Friday mid-day and I found myself back at the gym with the Kid. I stacked the pads and jumped on one of my other boulder projects; a higher, more technical climb, with a very nice section where you need to cross-over then unwind. As I said it was a low gravity week, and I sent it first burn. This made me very, very happy.
Here's the thing: the second project was about two grades harder than the first boulder problem, and I worked it for maybe 15 minutes during three sessions (versus the first problem which I worked for months). It was a better fit for my strengths and style of climbing.
It Accentuated my Positive! And, sending that boulder problem made me feel really good about myself and my climbing. Often in life we focus on all the Negatives, and bring ourselves down. I am not saying that we shouldn't address our weaknesses and mistakes, I think that we need to work on eliminating them everyday, but feeling good about yourself is powerful. Accentuating your positives (strengths or attributes) is healthy, and leads to more successes.
This goes for all areas of life... who wants to hang out with, hire, or love the negative person? It grows old real fast. Just to be clear, I am not saying to be a big show off, self centered, jerk who lives in a fairy tale land! I am saying that feeling good about yourself for the things you do well, and celebrating them, is a great way to travel through life.
Accentuate your positives and let your star shine. And if you really want to shine... accentuate other people's positives too.
"Accentuate the Positive. Eliminate the Negative." This happens to be one of my Dad's many, many favorite sayings. Thanks Dad!!!!
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