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November 14, 2017
Day 2: 100 Miles Before Noon
In the morning, my alarm goes off at 8:00 a.m. One of the greatest dangers we face is lethargy. A lack of ambitiion. Possibly the other greatest danger we face is rationalization.
When I rode up to Alaska the second time, I met some guys riding in the Hoka Hey. They explained to me that they were riding 1,000 miles a day, which I had never even considered possible. But it did make me re-evaluate my riding habits. Why was I laying in bed until the maids were beating down the door with a claw hammer? What purpose did it serve. In the end, I decided that the goal should be to get up in the morning, get out of bed, and ride 100 miles before noon.
Then, at noon, you stop for lunch somewhere.
If you do this, then the afternoon goes much better. You have more time to stop and shoot some photos.
So, beating lethargy is a real issue. We all suffer from this. I was fortunate that I met other riders along the way that helped me to deal with this issue.
The other issue that we face in our lives is "rationalization". Rationalization is a problem we all face which basically means that logic, as a tool, is inherently flawed.
Rationalization works like this. When the price of houses was going down, I didn't buy because the price was going down. Then, when the price of houses was going up, I didn't buy because interest rates were higher. So, the problem is that, there would never be a right time to buy. Once I reached this realization, only then did I realize that logic doesn't work like I thought it did.
So, you have to be very careful in your decisions, because "logic" is a fool's gold. It's doesn't work like you think it does.
Posted by Rob Kiser on November 14, 2017 at 8:12 AM
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