Word of the Bird #7

Things That Are Good

-running is going great

-living at camp with my roommates is great

-my bed is great

-making things is great

-listening to marketplace on the drive home is great

-the weather is great

-doing awesome things on the weekends is great

-getting lots of sleep is great

-wearing tie dye all the time is great

yeah, great things are great

job thoughts

I started this google spreadsheet that all of the kids at after school can edit. and the squares are like a grid landscape. I call it birdonia. Here are some screenshots from it.

It grows

these are the good days

since I've started running this Fall it's felt more difficult than I remember running feeling. And not having as many people to run with has also changed things. So I've been building this narrative that I'm a little washed up now or past my prime or on my way towards getting away from running.

But then I stopped pitying myself for a bit and realized that I'm probably in the middle of feeling the best I'll ever feel in running. This is as good as it might get.

this is as good as it might get

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