GGIF -- Good Gracious Its Friday!! I feel so lame saying this again, but man this week flew by! Due dates are fast approaching, Maryland Day is tomorrow, and I have goodies to bake! If you haven't heard, my local bike shop, Proteus, is hosting a fundraiser/gear swap with me tomorrow. It'll be really great to connect with more experienced cyclists and share the good work of Ulman as always.
It's kinda hard for me to fathom how much kindness and support I've been given during my fundraising -- Laurie and the Proteus team helped me build my bike, gave me gear, promoted my mission, and much more for basically nothing in return. Now they're going way above and beyond what I ever imagined! And to think, this just came from me asking the question: "could you help?" That's been a huge learning point for me over the past 10-11 months -- people are amazing and more often than not willing to help, you just have to ask (and be as appreciative as possible). Also, there's so much awesomeness that comes from connection and collaboration! As much as I want to be the guy who stands out from the crowd and is "self-made" in a way (there's no such thing as this), I know that humans are social creatures and what we can do together is infinitely more impressive than what we can do on our own. So, thank you all for being a part of this experience. It sounds trite, but it truly would not be possible without you.
In other news! Yesterday morning I was feeling a bit tired but I had just read an article touting the creative benefits of walking. Of course, I already love going on walks (even 12-hour ones) so I decided to walk everywhere I needed to go. Since I usually bike to campus and am otherwise sat in front of my laptop for most of the day, I don't actually walk much these days. I probably get 4-5 thousands steps on average. Yesterday I nearly hit 22,000! Plus, I planted 2 trees with TreeCard... sign-up with my code, hayden-fdf so we can plant more together 😎🌳
In a way, I feel like I might have done this to avoid writing papers (I spent at least 2-3 hours walking 😬) but by the end of the day I found myself in a fantastic mood. The combination of nature and low-intensity exercise is pretty radical for your emotional well-being; I almost wanna just walk everywhere now... maybe that's how I'll get home from San Fran? I also applied for another AmeriCorps program in San Jose, so maybe I don't go home????
Much love and many thanks,
p.s. I listened to this podcast with Zach Bush over the course of the day and it blew me away
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