Life is more like a balancing act in response to our constantly changing priorities and circumstances. And I start to question – as I think many of us do – whether it’s possible to have it all: climbing, an engaging career, and a thriving social or family life.īut if we look closer, I think we see that our quest for “the perfect rock-life balance” is misdirected. Sometimes it feels like I’ll never find the perfect rock-life balance. Or the many times when I’ve taken on a big work project and long hours at the computer mean I’m too tired to train at my best. Like last year, when I was living in Santa Cruz and weekends felt like a constant tradeoff between jetting off to Yosemite and staying in town to spend quality time with my fiancée. There have also been times when it feels like I just can’t squeeze enough climbing in. Spending all of my money – yes, all of it! – so I could travel to southeast Asia and live on ten dollars a day to rock climb in Laos or Thailand. Delaying any type of career ambition so I could train twice a day in the gym and project outside on Wednesdays. I spent more than a few years making climbing the central focus: working as little as possible and sleeping in the back of my Prius so I could take month-long trips to climb in Utah or Yosemite. Do you ever feel like rock climbing is taking over your life? Or that there isn’t enough time to fit climbing in between work and your other commitments? Have you ever thought “I could never date someone who doesn’t climb” or catered your job search to allow for easier access to climbing?Īs a life coach who works with rock climbers, I know that many climbers struggle with how to balance rock climbing and the rest of life.
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