You have probably heard some combination of the words “Fortune Favors”, whether it was with bravery or boldness. Like crossing your fingers tightly, uttering these words is a little prayer to be steadfast - unwavering in body and mind. Any time you are about to roll the dice of life, these words are your verbal cloak. Say ‘em and send it.
This blog was dreamed up on the idea that our fortune - both the good and bad - starts long before bravery or boldness. Fortune is cut from the cloth of process, mined in the “woah” of adventure, and shined in the act of reflection. Fortune is easy to spot in success, but just like the sun, it’s always there, even on rainy days.
The truth, as far as I can make it out to be, is that fortune favors… anything. You just have to be willing to laugh at what is and be curious about what is not.
You need not always be bold or brave. Just remember to cross your fingers before you go.
Lessons Learnt on Wiser Roads
I didn’t know what to expect from the Philly marathon. I purposefully did not look up the course. I didn’t read tips about race day. Until the night we arrived, I did not know how getting to the starting line was going to unfold. Aside from what the couple had told me on the ferry over a year ago, I had no idea what the next 26.2 miles were going to bring. This is a recap of my run in the 2018 Philadelphia Marathon. Details on training, the pacing, and the outcome.
Do It While You’re Young
Sometimes youth feels less like a freedom and more like a chore. Here’s to remembering to take those moments as opportunities. Opportunity cost is what you give up in order to gain something else - to cash in on an opportunity. Whatever you gave up… well, that is a sunk cost. Isn’t every day an opportunity? And every decision will result in at least one sunken cost. Perhaps that outlook is too grim to meditate on, but it seems inescapable.
be calm. be brave. it'll be okay.
The DMV might be the closest thing to purgatory. Here’s how the quest to register my car in a new state led to the fixation on the Guster song “Come Downstairs and Say Hello.”