We all got to take an hour of time out of savings this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suppose I am putting it to use and I\u2019m happy to wake up more rested. But when I try to redeem that hour to increase it, the bar is very high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across the table from me—sitting one seat over in the truck\u2014my girl is using every minute on the hardest schoolwork she can find to chase down her goals. Not a single complaint as she works and reworks the physics problems that want to defeat her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has the high school experience that I never did, and she\u2019s chasing it down like she has a machete in her teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m support staff, not competition. And yet I feel shame that I pursue my goals with a fraction of her intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Friday, SpaceX launched the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space force base. It went up during the day, otherwise I could have seen it from my yard. The burn it takes to reach velocity to leave the planet\u2019s atmosphere lights the sky for more than a hundred miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My daughter knows the score, and is pushing as hard as she can at this start of her launch. She\u2019s been at it for longer than I remember. It\u2019s been a while since I cheered to see her walk across the room independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wrestles with physics and I am relieved I don\u2019t have to learn it. On the ride to school I tell her about how I struggled with statistics in college and was so relieved with the C on my transcript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She likes the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I drive back home, coasting downhill. There are things I have to do today, and still I could coast past most of them. It would matter. Who would know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The atmosphere of my personal launch is behind me. I can remember it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I\u2019ve done big things since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I said it, I\u2019m coasting. I made the effort to achieve momentum. I could do it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seeing my child gather herself together for one of her very first lift off is nostalgic and a re-run<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Am I ready to bite the machete again? Maybe I can put it in the holder and check out the map first. I\u2019ll get moving with a little more preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOTE: last week\u2019s offering inspired a few reponses. Thank you! I love to hear from my readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We all got to take an hour of time out of savings this weekend. I suppose I am putting it to use and I\u2019m happy to wake up more rested. But when I try to redeem that hour to increase … Continue reading