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The view from the top of the stairs <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last Wednesday I finally got around to completing my free day trip task by going to the Culver City Stairs and actually climbing to the top. Looking back, there were seven life lessons I picked up from that experience, and I thought I\u2019d share them here with you today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Turning Back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As I thought about what I could learn from this experience, it occurred to me that as I was scaling this hillside, one step at a time, I never looked back.  There\u2019s a saying that goes, \u201cI may not be where I want to be, but I\u2019m glad I\u2019m not where I used to be.\u201d The implication being, to relish in how far you\u2019ve come, even if you\u2019ve yet to arrive at your destination.  Now far be it from me to begrudge anybody their sayings. If that one works for you, and helps you, so be it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But looking back, and I can actually say looking back now because I\u2019ve completed the task I set out to do \u2013 I never looked back. I always looked forward. I didn\u2019t pay attention to how far I\u2019d come, I paid attention to how much I had left. Because of the slope, I couldn\u2019t always tell how much I had left. I wasn\u2019t counting the steps as I went. At one point, I thought I had more steps to go than I did, when in actuality I was a short distance from the top. But in most cases I just focused on tackling the steps before me, knowing that with each step I took, I was that much closer to my destination.  Even though I often couldn\u2019t see the destination, I knew it was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m not saying there are not times when you should look back, or that you shouldn\u2019t celebrate smaller victories on route to your final destination. For example, if your goal is to loose 100 pounds and you\u2019ve lost five so far, that\u2019s a great thing, celebrate that if you want to. What I am saying is, for me, I\u2019m happy I didn\u2019t look back, because I started up that hillside not really thinking I could complete it in the first place, but just wanting to see how far I could go. And while I didn\u2019t make a conscious effort not to look back, I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t because had I looked back after making so much progress, with my legs hurting and just feeling pooped, I may have just congratulated myself for getting as far as I did and stopped where I was, never realizing that I could have gone all the way, that I had it in me to go all the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make Adjustments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After coming up the path leading to the bottom of the steps, I was already exhausted. I stood at the base of the stairs, catching my breath, taking it all in, watching some start their trek up, while others were on their way down. It\u2019s at the bottom that you can see the enormity of this task (at least for me it\u2019s an enormity), but I could also see the first landing area \u2013 not so bad. So my initial strategy was to power my way through each set of steps between the landings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s exactly what I did for the first set, but it wasn\u2019t that easy. I mean, it was easy in the sense that I got through it fairly quickly without pain, the incongruent, jagged design of these steps intensified the workout from the beginning. I had to pay attention to where I was setting each foot. I had to really extend my legs to get to some steps. I was being challenged from the get-go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, after taking a breather once I hit the first landing, I tried to power through the second set as well and got burned. I just could do it anymore. My legs did not want to go. I had to get my arms in on the action, and used the handrail to help myself up. I had to slow down. Sometimes, I even had to stop and catch my breath right there on the steps, in the middle of a set before I reached the next landing. People coming up behind me had to go around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s when I realized, it\u2019s not about powering through each of these sets to the next landing, it\u2019s about reaching the next landing and eventually the top. So I changed things up. I took longer breaks at the landings, and listened to music to pump myself up. When I finally started up the stairs again, and this is crucial, I didn\u2019t keep going until I felt that unbearable pain as I did before, I began stopping before I felt that unbearable pain creep in. I never took less than two steps, but I often took two and then stopped, caught a few breaths then started again. Instead of pushing myself to exhaustion, I just pushed myself to a bit outside of my comfort zone then stopped, waited till I got more comfortable again, then started again to a bit pass my comfort zone and so on. And that proved to be a winning formula for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t care about all the fit people passing me, running up the stairs nonstop, I just did my own thing. Had I tried to power through the whole thing, somebody probably would have had to call an ambulance to come get me. But by making adjustments as I went along, listening to my body, going at my own pace, taking it slow, I was able to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do a Bit More than You Think You Can Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, I didn\u2019t think I would make it all the way up those stairs\u2026well, there must have been some part of me that believed because I did it, but for the most part, I wouldn\u2019t have been surprised if I didn\u2019t make it to the top. But once I did, I thought, wow, that was a real workout<\/em>. It made me realize that I don\u2019t go hard enough in normal workouts. If I could do this and survive it, I need to be going harder in my regular exercise routine. Because I did more, I realize that I can do more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Determination Finds A Way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Earlier I talked about making adjustments. I think the reason I even had the mind to make adjustments instead of excuses was because at some point, I became determined to finish. Along the way, I had several reasons to stop: I was out of breath, my legs hurt, I had a long way to go, but I also wanted to get to the top. So even though I wasn\u2019t able to continue on at the pace I started with, because I was determined, I found a way to work around the pain, or work with the pain to continue on anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Helps to Have an Expected End<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I wasn\u2019t climbing those stairs haphazardly, inadvertently. Even in the times I couldn\u2019t see it, I knew there was an end. I knew there was a there, there. Before I ever took the first step, I knew what I was getting into. I knew it would be hard. I knew I might not finish. I knew there were 282 steps. Basically I knew what I was working toward. That\u2019s not to say I eliminated uncertainty, uncertainty was always there. I wasn\u2019t for sure how hard it was going to be, if I would like it, if I thought it would be worth it \u2013 those were the chances I was taking. But I wasn\u2019t taking a chance on what this activity had to offer me. I wasn\u2019t expecting a hundred steps only to find out there were actually 282. I wasn\u2019t expecting someone to be waiting at the top handing out cookies and milk, I knew I would be getting a view.  I also knew the landings weren\u2019t the top, even the last landing wasn\u2019t the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just think in life, it helps to know what you want and know where you\u2019re going. Not only know it, but have a clear idea off what it will be like to get there, so that you don\u2019t waste your time with people or things, or activities that are not conducive to helping you get there, that\u2019ll make you think you\u2019ve reached the top when you\u2019re really stuck on a landing. Or that\u2019ll have you thinking the top is one thing only to get there and find out it\u2019s another. Before you take the first step, I think it\u2019s important to have an expected end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Helps to be Around Others Doing the Same Thing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Usually when I work out, I do it alone. I watch YouTube videos, go for a stroll around the neighborhood or at the park. Even though there\u2019s always at least one person walking around the neighborhood, or a good number of people in the park, I always feel disconnected from them, because I don\u2019t know how far they\u2019ve come or where they\u2019re going. I guess the same thing is true for the stairs too, but I assumed that most of them had the goal of getting to the top. As a matter of fact, some of them lapped me a time and a half or so.  But seeing other people press on to the top, helped me want to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the Climb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You know when people say shit like, it\u2019s not the destination, it\u2019s the journey<\/em>, I\u2019ve always called bullshit on that. All though that could be because I so often stop during the journey never to reach the destination\u2026but anyhoo. So many journeys for me have been treacherous leading to nothing. Or, in the case of something like a plane ride, after the take off (which I love), oh and the food, there\u2019s nothing to look forward to besides the landing, and whatever city I\u2019m now going to be embarking on, or coming back home. Needless to say, I\u2019m not one that\u2019s really big on journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, however, was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I said before, getting to the top kind of surprised me. It kind of snuck up on me. I was so concentrated on taking my steps and breathing, I didn\u2019t even realize I was almost there. Then the next thing I knew I saw people sitting on raised cement benches, and the steps were flat and uniform and easy to ascend.  While it was exhilarating to know I made it, there was nothing special about being up there. What was special was all the work I put into getting up there. It was the mental adjustments, the physical adjustments that I had to make to make it to the top, that proved to be more fun than getting to the top itself.  I mean maybe if there was someone waiting with free food it would be different.  Afterall, I was born and raised here. I\u2019ve seen a smoggy L.A. view a time or two in my life. For me, it was all about the climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to be fair, there are other things you can do once you get up there. I think there\u2019s a visitor center and some paths you can hike along, but I just sat down, caught my breath, listened to a few songs and then began my descent. Oh, and took in the smoggy view\u2026it was after all, still a view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So those were the lessons I learned and relearned from taking on the Culver City Stairs, do with them what you may.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, more importantly, discover your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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