Kill It!
A few weeks ago we talked a bit about the ‘possible’ financial benefits to biking to work rather than driving. I got some pretty pointed response to the piece from a few of my coworkers, who basically told me I would love it, and that I didn’t factor lower health costs into my equation, as well as a few other factors.
Turns out I also needed to budget for Gatorade as well, but that’s later on in my story.
So they have talked me into giving this thing a shot. I plunk down my cash for a pretty sweet folding bike, and honestly, I’m pretty excited about the whole thing.
Pretty slick looking bike, if I don’t say so myself.
Anyhow, my first time trying to ride the thing was going to work – ignoring the probably wise advice of one of my colleagues. Suffice it to say, I didn’t make it – I got about 3 miles into the ride and had to turn around. Yeah, I know, brilliant…right?
Second time out (last weekend) I just did a ride around Arlington that was about the same distance as my commute, and made it home without dying, so I decided that I would ride to work. It took me a while, but I did make it, and I actually felt pretty good a few hours later. My plan was to try to bus home, but I was feeling SO good that I said “heck, I might as well ride home.” Talk about one of the most torturous things I’ve ever willingly subjected myself to, at least in a physical sense. But I did make it, so there is a definite sense of accomplishment there.
This got me thinking, how could I apply this to my blog? I guess you could make the argument that this is the same kind of short term pain, long term gain that most people have to deal with when handling their finances as well. If you save a lot early on, you can kind of coast the rest of the way. My biking coworkers assure me that the trek will get much easier if I keep it up. Hopefully it will, because if it keeps killing me like it did earlier this week I won’t be able to keep it up for very long.
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