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Thank you for sharing that. I am going to save this one. Does that work for you? Could you shift from winning at things to just doing them?


I can attest to this, in my own way. I had a headstart since nobody ever pushed me, parents werent competitive fuckups and thus their child wasnt.

I do climbing, hiking, skiing, skitouring, diving, weightlifting, used to do paragliding, now trying to pick up wind surfing. None of those sports on high level, just keeping it cca the same.

Climbing is a good example since every climbing route is exactly graded for overall difficulty. Over years I even went down a bit from levels I used to do. I just go to the gym or rock, enjoy even the simplest routes that some consider for beginners, despite doing sport for 15 years. Many folks around keep pushing themselves hard to progress, I just dont have that bug.

Exactly same could be said for weightlifting, found my set of free weights values and just keep doing them. If I feel extra strong I may do few extra reps but thats it. I was even mocked here for saying this but who cares, I do it for myself and not to impress or do stupid empty status games with others. Its very sustainable that way too.


That sounds awesome! I basically do all the same sports, but I always need to win or to get better at them. I am trying to move in your direction though.




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