Small steps will bring you to the top
Since one month Conrad and I go to the climbing wall each week. We booked the early-bird package and can climb lonely on all walls until everybody comes from work and the hall is getting crowded. One of the advantages of being self-employed, is you can choose to take time off while others work and work in the evening instead. And every week I stand with my shaky, sweaty hands tethered to a rope in front of this huge 15m wall and ask myself why I am doing this. I am afraid of the height. I am afraid to fall. I start climbing the easy yellow colored path and when the first point comes where I don’t know how to proceed and my head get’s a little dizzy realizing the height a voice in my head tells me „Just give up. You are already 2 meters from the ground.“ But I never do. I look down at Conrad who smiles at me holding the other end of the rope. He nods at me and says „You can do it!“ And then I never look down again but just up towards those 13 meters that lay in front of me and I concentrate on each and every small step. When I reach the top of the hall and the last yellow stone a rush of pride runs through my body and I look down at Conrad again to let him know that I made it and that he can let me come down again.
I don’t always make it to the top. I fall and he catches me. I bruised my knee two weeks ago and I didn’t give up but continued climbing. Each week I fight my fear of the height and each week I get a little better, more concentrated, more strategic, with more strengths.
It forces me to get out of my comfort zone and I feel so good every time we finish after two hours of climbing. And in the evening when I put lotion on my red sore hands I think, I can learn so much from climbing:
– get out of your comfort zone,
– never give up even if you get hurt,
– never look down,
– always have the goal in your mind to get to the last stone,
– concentrate on each single step even if it is a small one,
– don’t expect too much from yourself,
– don’t be afraid to fall – there is somebody standing behind you who will catch you.
Here is a tiny insight from instagram from our climbing adventure this week.
Hi, ich bin Jennifer
2009 entschied ich, dass ich lieber 24h für mich arbeite als 8 in einem großen Büro zu sitzen. Seitdem ist einiges passiert. Das meiste kannst du von Beginn an auf diesem Blog nachlesen. Meine Mission ist es jeden Tag mit einem Lächeln aufzustehen, weil ich das tue, was ich liebe. Und wenn ich das kann, kannst du das auch.
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