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Atlantic lessons
Here, our Atlantic presents several wonderful phenomena — to reach the freeing part of its existence, we must be willing to go through its barrier of discomfort. Unpleasant low temperatures and crashing waves that almost throw us to the ground, never trust the treacherous ocean.
Four-wheeler abolishment
I learned how to ride a bike in a similar fashion to many. Four wheels. Then an abrupt transition into the two-wheeler. Some will defend that it’s the best way to learn balance — I’m starting to disagree.
Habits of the heart
Words, I’ve always loved them. They uncover. They reveal. They expose. But they also hide, manipulate, and obstruct. They hinder the revealing silence that, more or less, communicates more than the lines that shape each letter, that form each word, that create each sentence.
Peculiarities of a post-overtraining phase
In December 2020, after a year of ongoing pain during every single workout and sleepless nights, I found out that what I thought was a soreness that had to be overcome with the no pain, no gain mentality was a complex diagnosis that would change my life.
A subconscious window affair
Some are big, tall, and intimidating. Impressive, transparent, and absolutely panoramic — they give you the most breathtaking views without even needing to be opened wide. Some are tiny, so small that they appear to be insignificant — until the sun begins to rise and in the middle of a very dark room you realize how valuable it is to enjoy that brim of light that the minuscule window is giving you.