Guilt

Guilty for not climbing

What happens when you stop doing the things you think you should do? hmmmm...
Specifically, I have reduced my climbing participation to near zero in place of other responsibilities and activities.  The feeling of guilt is strong because I know that I "should" be climbing 3 days a week.   But how do I make it happen, If I have a full course load, other extra curricular responsibilities, a tight budget, and limited time? 

This brings me to a Economic concept known as Opportunity Cost.  Opportunity cost is a concept that says that we should valuate the "Cost" of something by what we COULD HAVE done in it's stead. For example, If I choose to write this blog post for an hour, what COULD I have been doing instead?  In this case the opportunity cost of this blog post is an hour of homework.  Another example is, If I spend $300 on car maintenance, then the opportunity cost of the car maintenance is $300 worth of climbing gear.  This concept is what I think is the reason for all my disgruntlement and frustration with life.  I want to do sooooo much, but only have so much time and so many resources; therefore, I have to make a choice.

I have placed my education at a higher value than climbing therefore when faced with a question of where to spend my time I have decide that the more valuable place to spend my time is on education.  Unfortunately, the opportunity cost is really high, and it hurts my heart... :( ...  Oh well it will be worth it.  I have been doing my best to get my H/W done before the weekends and so far it has worked out in my favor.

The real challenge is to get out climbing during the week.  Once I can get a couple of routine days in per week at the local crags and a weekend or two for climbing per month I will be one super happy mother fucker!!


Here's to not being guilty about not doing the things you love to do!!

J.