Impatient

I’ve noticed that by not being lazy as a wander about on my daily errands, I can get a lot of working out squeezed in and still be on schedule or even ahead.

Most days I go to university. If it is nice out, I ride my bike and get a 20 minute workout. This is actually faster than taking transit. The bus to school would take about half an hour, and the subway takes at least 20 including walking to the stop. When I have to walk places (like to my car that I have to park 3 blocks away because my building has no parking grumble grumble grumble) I usually run there if I can.

When I get to the school, I can either ride a couple escalators up, with about 60 other people, slowly riding up, or I can take the abandoned staircase. If I take them two at a time, I can usually get to the top before the quickest escalator rider.  The same thing goes for the elevator when going to classes.

I think the main difference between me and the person taking to lazy way is that I am just too impatient to wait behind a crown trying to get on to an escalator, or an elevator that stops at every floor, or to walk slowly when I’d rather be there now instead of still walking there.

On that note, as someone who likes to use their legs, this Sunday I am renting a wheelchair and spending the day in it to see how that feels. My guess is I’ll feel pretty trapped. Maybe it’s a good day to try that escalator again.

Jonathan Robinson
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
www.silentriverkungfu.com