Postby bragnouff » Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:31 am
All a matter of balance...
As much as I like kiting, and I admit being more addicted than most, and I would do that everyday if the weather was playing ball, there's only so much I can handle. 2hrs sessions are pretty much the max before the body complains, and for the remaining other hours, it's good to do other stuff, including engaging the brain in some engineering challenges, or do some creative stuff, as well as spending some non-kitesurfing time with my son.
Kitesurfing is a way to exercise, to feel alive, connected to the environment, to get resourced and re-energized for all the rest. If I was working in the kitesurfing industry, that probably wouldn't be the same, and it would lose some of those critical aspects.
I love the feeling of being free, and having the possibility to say f*** it, I'm going kiting/surfing/SUPing/... It just means my internal scheduler will reorganize my tasks according to what's the weather is throwing at me. It's a very liberating feeling actually. When Windguru has replaced your diary, you know you've reached the next level...
It also means that if for whatever valid reason, you don't get to go that day, it won't matter that much since another session is just around the corner.
Took some years carving some flexibility into work, establishing a beach lifestyle with a panel of adequate toys to cover most conditions, and sacrificing the odd girlfriend(s) who just didn't get it, but well worth it in the end.