“The important thing is to keep the important thing the important thing”

“Thomas Jefferson was obsessed.

At his Monticello home, he designed his bed to open to either side, so he could get up and start working or getting dressed immediately.

Also, there’s a rumor he engineered it to be lifted out of the way during the day, and lowered back into place during the night (see third picture) to remove the temptation of an afternoon nap.”

“We technically call it a race, but it's really an allotted time to work through our demons. If we only cared about fitness we'd run a 5K or a 10K. But we do it to be alone on the trail against a backdrop of immense human support. In our heads we are the myth of the cowboy but the truth is that we are far from it. We are completely alone with our fitness, lost in our minds, and, at the same time, we're surrounded by the most supportive community in sports. It's just me, the mountains, and my will, juxtaposed against the reality that we can't do it without others. In 2019, Jeremy Cox set out on the Buffalo 100 on Antelope Island, only to finish dead last, making us wonder- how does anyone keep going after the finish line has been completely torn down? The answer is that, some of us, would rather finish dead last than quit.”

Jordan Peterson does a Q/A during his live events. At one event he was asked this question-

Question: “The depth of my consciousness causes me to suffer. Is it a blessing or a curse to feel everything so very deeply?”

Peterson thought for a moment before he responded.

Peterson: “The only way out is through. You take more of the thing that poisons you until you turn it into a tonic that girdles the world around.”

Wow.