Andy has started their third session at rock Spot Climbing. I came in at the end of classes and Andy was attempting to climb a 5.9. This is the level that their shooting for this session. Andy got a little further than you can see in the photo and came back down. Mind you, this was after an hour and a half of climbing. Andy had already worked their butt off prior to this. As Andy came back down they looked more dejected than ever. I caught a photo of the look on Andy’s face and it was very sad indeed.
On the ride home I talked with Andy about how their Rock Climbing journey was a marathon rather than a sprint. I then worked through that concept with Andy. I tried to relate it to my Black Belt journey and how I did not achieve my own goals the firs time out of the gate. It continues to be something that I am working on. That must be on my mind because evaluation is coming up in two days. And I am very nervous. I think I’m in a good position physically and my knowledge of curriculum is solid. I’m still nervous through. I tried to relate that to Andy and their journey. I think I did. Andy has some new goals this time around and is working very hard at achieving them.