If, five years ago, you were to have asked me the favorite Human Resources question, “where do you see yourself in five years?” I don’t think I could have given you anything close to the truth of where I am today. In some ways, sure, but the truth is that there’s been a fundamental change that extends well beyond what I’m doing and where I am. The better question would have been “who do you see yourself being in five years?” though I would have given no better answer.

If you were to have asked me “do you see yourself going rock climbing?” I would have made an incredulous face. But today, looking down from the top of the 40+ foot indoor wall at MetroRock, there was nowhere else I’d rather have been. This morning’s intro class covered safety and basics then got us onto the walls, but I’ll be going back. I don’t think you could keep me away!

In a more general sense, there’s a feeling that I’ve finally come to terms with myself as an athletic person. I go to the gym three times a week, bike around town, run, hike, and have upcoming camping and whitewater rafting trips planned. I’m in better shape than I’ve ever been in my life, and it hasn’t come at the expense of my intellect or emotional sensitivity. This probably ought not to come as a revelation to me, but it has.