tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513155973410197645.post1497942941731440985..comments2013-10-24T08:56:59.934-07:00Comments on attempts at self: Where the Hell Have I Been?BBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15001886391998456407noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513155973410197645.post-90851078596351961652012-07-18T18:19:21.008-07:002012-07-18T18:19:21.008-07:00Oh, I love that. Yeah, I've noticed that too.....Oh, I love that. Yeah, I've noticed that too...I think this just comes from a sheer joy of navigating the bar/having it become an extension of myself. No matter how the lift goes, it included an activation of my body and I revel in that above all else. I am so picky with how I lift that when things DON'T go well I've worked with myself to be amused by it and then move on. I think that's what happened on my failed squat attempt--I just felt like I had tried it and my body just wasn't able to manage it. I have that understanding with my body. I will ask things of it, and they will be difficult, and it's allowed to fail without censure when it truly can't carry out the task I've set for it. There's a kind of joy even in that exchange. I guess it comes out at meets quite a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513155973410197645.post-86232361014668409722012-07-17T09:49:37.056-07:002012-07-17T09:49:37.056-07:00I can't say I've anything to compare to, b...I can't say I've anything to compare to, but I noticed your smile as well. After every lift, failed or successful, in the video you posted it's there. It was my favourite part.BBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001886391998456407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513155973410197645.post-19515642975623104562012-07-16T18:40:25.909-07:002012-07-16T18:40:25.909-07:00oh wow, thank you for the mention!!! This first me...oh wow, thank you for the mention!!! This first meet was honestly one of the most intense experiences of my life, and I am seriously looking forward to the next one. My father told me, after seeing pictures from the meet, that the smile on my face in those images was bigger/brighter than any smile he's seen from me in "fifteen years" (I'm 26). It was awesome and even though I didn't do quite as well as I'd hoped, I'm going to seriously bust butt for my October meet and try to make up for what I missed at this past one. <br /><br />Get through the stressful times you're having right now and know that lifting/climbing are always there to turn to as solid parts of your life YOU have control over. I look forward to further blog posts when you're feeling up to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com