quick update

Have been on my holidays for the last couple of weeks, and as its showery today I find myself inexplicably drawn to the computer!

A few things have occurred to me during my travels in Northern Scotland and now Northumberland. I have had chance for some serious downtime, and given the space to think, I have been able to re-evaluate some of my goals. Its easy to get committed to certain courses of action, training programs or goals, and then follow them blindly even when our desires or needs change, or when they are no longer useful.

One of the key exercises I use with people is to have them imagine what they would like said about them in their obituary/ written on their headstone. Morbid perhaps! But a useful way of thinking about your priorities in life and then aligning your goals with your values. Then its important to think, will this action move me closer to my values and goals. Often when we really examine them, our goals can be quite arbitrary or their importance seems diminished when we place them under the spotlight.

So, my values and goals have become a little adrift over the last 12 months, but these last couple of weeks have allowed me to refocus, and set new goals which are closer to my values. I hope you can take time out to do the same - whether about your life in general, or about your climbing.