🎃 Imagine this. You are riding your bike. A long, intense ride that you have trained for and mapped out each turn and gear shift. Then you notice something up ahead. An unexpected new variable in your way. You attempt to slow down, but you realize your brakes have been cut. In a panic, you drag your foot on the ground to stop, stop, stop. You hardly slow, and now your shoe is ruined, foot scraped. A HEEL damaged, as the sparks fly from speeding tires. Things are accelerating more quickly than you had planned. You needed a diversion, a way to slow down so your remaining steps would line up on time. Will it be worth the pain you sustained in your attempts to keep things on track? This was not a message about bikes, but it is a message to be ready closely. 🎃

-submitted May 13, 2023