Tree Surfing.

During the school holidays, my family and I went tree surfing.? It was an interesting choice by my husband, considering his and my daughter's irrational fear of heights.? Nonetheless, this random day trip was an unexpected success.??

If you aren’t familiar with tree surfing, it’s navigating your way between treetops on a mix of ladders, ropes, tunnels, steps, pulleys, skateboards and whatever other apparatus the course creators imagined.? We went to ‘Enchanted Adventure’ featuring five courses of increasing difficulty, each finishing in a giant zipline, depositing you safely back down to the ground or flat on your back in the mud, depending on whether you were able to get your footwork right.? ??

Even as someone who isn’t afraid of heights, this adventure was out of my comfort zone.??

The saving grace was the harness.? You are securely attached to a heavy-duty harness the entire time.? It is way less scary to brave the tricky and wobbly obstacles when you know the harness is there to catch you if you slip.??

I reckon tree surfing is a bit like undertaking a new custom build or major reno.? You might not be high off the ground like when tree surfing, but the emotional and financial stakes associated with the project are high.??

So when navigating the high stakes of your home build or reno, what will be your safety harness???

P.S. Home Build Mentoring clients recently had a ‘harness catch’ moment.? They learned in the game plan stage of their program that their desired home renovations would likely cost double their intended investment.? We explored changing their brief from a double to a single-storey addition which not only still gave them the spaces they desired, but also brought their brief back aligned with their budget.? Can you imagine how different their renovation experience might have looked if they’d chased down their original idea??