Today, I climbed a little higher on the V2 route above than I did yesterday.
A voice in my head said: “You’ve been climbing for over half a year, and you are only at V2 level. And you can’t even finish the V2 route!”
Similarly, I was recently at my first brazillian jiu-jitsu class and remarked to my sparring partner: “I’m so bad compared to all these people.”
My partner said: “Everyone is on their own journey.”
It was true: these people had been practicing for years, sometimes decades. I had no way to see their devotion over their lives. All I saw was the their great skill in this moment. I compared myself to them, and this was demoralizing.
So today, I guard against this voice of comparison. I see you, voice. I know you are trying to help me. But you are draining my energy.
I will trust in a wiser perspective. The perspective that sees that today, I climbed a little bit higher than yesterday.
P.S. After writing the above words, I went back to the wall, and finished the V2 route!
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