Little known fact about me if you follow me on "Lauren Lucille- "The Celiac DIva" While I'm a total girly girl who loves her bright pink lipstick and huge earrings, I can transition into the rugged no makeup/live in the woods girl before you could even grasp that my heels are off. I've climbed over 75 of Colorado's 14,000ft mountains. I worked for 8 summers as a guide for a company called Wilderness Expeditions. I can also tie ropes around a few trees to let you rappel down a 300 foot cliff. Any takers? lol. Now that I'm indulging in how cool that it, let's come back to how this applies to you.
I've guided around 1400 teens and adults up those rockies (PS- that insanity was way easier than raising kids, just an FYI). So, it's deeply ingrained in my soul to keep taking one step at a time...and you'll get where you want to. You see, when you hike up a mountain, if you go too fast, you'll get exhausted and need to stop, you'll want to quit, I've seen it over and over again. If you keep stopping for "I don't really know if this can be done" rest breaks", lactic acid builds up in your muscles and you become even more exhausted and the climb becomes almost unbearable, and you'll want to quit. Those who ALWAYS made it to the top without losing their eva' loving minds were the ones that took it slow and steady, one step at a time.