If you ever wondered how to scare yourself to the very core, decide you are going to climb on a bicycle strapped with everything you own to keep yourself alive and healthy and travel across the country as an amateur cyclist. Then once you bought everything you need, put it on your bike. Now try to pick it up...it is exactly 7 times heavier than you ever thought possible.
Once you've scared yourself silly and professed that you're never going to make it, throw on your cleats and ride it around the driveway. The gratification you will feel is unparalleled, the tears are unrestrained, and the bike glides across the road like, surprise, it was meant to carry your weight plus 40+ lbs of gear and supplies.
I've never felt a greater rush of satisfaction. Today is the first day I feel separate from the average.
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