I just saw a post about this in a local firearms forum. Looks fun. I might give it a go.
Edited to add, if'n I do, it'll be the 50+ class. I ain't TMac, and I ain't showing out to compete against people half my age or younger lol.
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I just saw a post about this in a local firearms forum. Looks fun. I might give it a go.
Edited to add, if'n I do, it'll be the 50+ class. I ain't TMac, and I ain't showing out to compete against people half my age or younger lol.
I think it's worth pointing out to some people who are saying they don't want to compete against 30-year-old pipe-hitters: It's not about that... at all. You're only competing against yourself. If you give a flying French eff whether or not you get a plaque out of it, then you missed the point. If you think anyone cares, notices, or breaks your balls if you finish dead last, know that they don't.
It's all about camaraderie and pushing yourself to see where you are at in your own life. Nothing else.
Tough Mudders are about as helpful, non-competitive an environment you can get, and people are still competing against each other, even if non-officially ("I'm gonna beat this guy beside me over this next obstacle"). Not sure I'd confer pipe-hitter status to people who do these events, either.
Once upon a time I was in units and jobs where there's winners and losers, no points for second, and everything is a competition. These days I am all about doing events like this just for fun, but I'll still pick a few people out to compete against.
Update with what a years worth of work got me in OP.
How’d you get your head right after the failures? I’m struggling to do that right now. I failed an academy for the second time in January. I busted my ass during the recycle phase and thought I was ready to return and pass. Got there in January and failed again. I’m struggling to get motivation to restart pt and struggling to get my mind right to reapply. What did you do?
I have failed far more than I have been successful. Me, I am too stupid to give up.
I have a good friend, a senior NCO in AF pararescue, he and a couple other dudes run a website and YT channel geared for aspiring AFSOC candidates. One of the YT vids is on failure, mindset, etc. It's generic enough that everyone can learn from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Dwy-1USkI&t=3727s
May I ask, what's keeping you from being successful (i.e., what are you failing?)? I am no zen master, nor do I have a magic bullet. For me, I find those things at which I am failing, or making me fail. I don't overthink it: is it a physical thing or a mental thing (academic, emotional, etc.)? I isolate that 'thing.' What needs to happen to be successful? Do I need to call in someone who can help, or can I do it alone or with resources I have or can get? For me the key is, be analytical, but don't overthink it. Overthinking leads to dwelling, and dwelling leads to a recurring cycle of negative self-talk.
Chuckman is right. If you’re pushing yourself you should be failing more than you’re succeeding.
The important thing is to learn from your failure, and then adapt and overcome... thus, you never truly fail: you win, or you learn.
WHY did you fail the academy the first time? HOW did you adapt? WHY did you fail again? HOW will you adapt this time?
Trying the same thing under the same conditions but expecting a different result is one definition of insanity.