I love it here.
Well, good blog. No, seriously. There is not a bunch more that needs to be spoken on the subject. Left the house around 10 AM. Wandered back around 10 PM. I cannot remember a time I was out of my house in AZ for 12 hours at a time just exploring the city. If anyone in my house is away from home for longer than two hours over the course of a day they probably went to work or school. We are like that and I don’t like that. The level of stuck in the mud is pretty obscene for a desert. Here I do more. Here I truly am more.
See, I love it here.
This is not about being raised here so much as it is about loving all of the things to see, do, experience even in the dead of winter. I don’t pretend to know how to do a quarter of the things I can do for free in NYC for less than $100 an activity in AZ. Sure, I spent money today–a family dinner and a lunch for just me and the wife, but we walked for hours. That was entirely free. I need to live in a space where I can move around like that and where there are places to land when doing so. It feels so good to be able to be in a space where that happens. I could really lose weight here.
Unfortunately, I live there. I sit at a desk most of the day everyday and when I get up I got nowhere to be. I walk on a track or ride a stationary bike or maybe take the same outdoor walk to and from the same park as it is the only way to get any real mileage in. It is not conducive to the person I am to do these things. I don’t feel good doing them or find that my energy and attitude reflect growth mindset when I am doing them. It is not working for me.
I need a better plan.
Some Thoughts:
- Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone” False flag attack… wild.
- This was the second choice: “US hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as ‘clearly fake’ after anti-Canada slur” Big News day…
- In other news, the Harry Potter Store in NYC is fantastic. Finally found the scrabble backpack of my dreams. They were sold out of it, so that sucks… but now I know the real merch website.