Overcoming your fears

Whilst the picture below - "Night of the Living Gingerbread" is a little bit creepy, it hopefully won't scare any but the most timid of souls.


However, there are other "fears" that may be more pertinent to some of those taking part in the Trailwalker UK event.

For some, it is the fear of the dark, that concerns them more than the challenge itself....whilst those that don't understand and who don't share the fear, simply say "...you should have grown out of that, you're an adult!"

But what do they know? I prefer to consider the statistical evidence.

So let's have a look at the facts.

1. It is generally accepted that to become an expert at anything - you need to practice for approximately 10,000 hours.
2. 10,000 hours equates to 36 million seconds.
3. There are approximately 31.5 million seconds in a year.
4. The average human blinks 15 times every minute
5. The average blink lasts one third of a second
6. The average human sleeps for 6 hours a night

Therefore, by applying the above statistics it can be shown that in an average year the average human spends 550 (waking, daylight) hours in the dark - when they are blinking, and presumably NOT being afraid!

To accumulate 10,000 hours of such 'fear-free' behaviour, takes 18 years.

So, what do you know? They were right. If you are over 18 years old you should simply be able to tell yourself that you cannot be afraid of the dark - because you have quite simply put in the hours...

...blinkin' obvious really.

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