Having left my project for two weeks to concentrate on boulder problems has had a cool effect. One I'm happy that I'm developing the mental strenght to link the final moves.Two I can now relax when climbing and not beat myself up over lack of progress/failure. Three I can feel growth in my endurance.
The mental strenght is an interesting subject , Ive been reading on of my good friends blogs (john Will) hes a BJJ master(Brazilian jui jitsu) actually that's selling him very short. He is a martial artist of very high quality. His views and writing are well worth a look he has a great way of putting very technical subjects into an understandable form.
John talks of emerging events in our lives this has a direct correlation to anything we do in life. My take on it is that with practice and exposure to a set of skills (just an example) at some point our brain puts it all together and its this moment John talks about. The point when we see something clearly or complete a skill this is the emerging moment. Its an interesting concept that makes perfect sense.
I look at it we climb a difficult problem and complete it. We don't really know how it just happened. The next time we climb it the memory the, motor neurons, the body movement is clear precise and perfect. The climb is a clear calculated event that flows with ease. This is my emerging moment. They can be small or they can be huge but they happen.
