It so happend that I last week had my bike stolen, a great loss and irritation. A bike is crucial here to get around quickly, as a car is no option (for me) and the public transportation in this city is poor ( if it was like in copnehagen I would have no complaints what so ever...). Anyways, I boought a used bike Sunday and was ready to go again.
Monday morning, after a long weekend, I only get out of the door 6.39am but know that my new bike can go fast.
I get down to my bike and try to unlock it, but for some mysterious reason it will not unlock, I keep trying till the swearwords comes out of my mouth, until I realise no need to use all my energy before work, I will have to walk, catch the next bus and be an hour late for work.
As I start walking I think to myself it´s alright being an hour late, since I don´t have any early meetings...that thought only lasts till I realise I DO have an early meeting that I will be half an hour late for by missing the bus.
Well I decide so be it, until I remember THE TRAIN, maybe I will be able to catch the train that goes to the town where most my colleges live which is 20min from work, and the college I have the meeting with, could pick me up there and I would then not be late....uhuh...the thing is the train that I need to catch to make this happen leaves in 13min...I am 20min by brisk walking away from the trainstation.....
Optimistic as I am I start fast walking half running through half the city, I am telling you I am in no condition for that...But I WANT TO CATCH THAT DAMN TRAIN, I run and run and finally get to the platform exactly on time, the train is still there...
If I had gone to the train immediately I would have made it...Instead I paused for a moment to think where I wanted to sit and when I pushed the bottom for the traindoors to open it was too late and the train left without me.
So there I was all sweaty and out of breath before 7.15am...The lesson I have learned is:
Get up earlier
Don´t count on your bike (the new used one I got is actaully also stolen now)
Don´t run before 7am in the morning, unless you can take a shower afterwards
It´s ok to miss a meeting now and again
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Oh man, I hate that...I hate to miss the train or the bus or whatever. Specially when I know that I have to be somewhere on time. So it's not good to leave late. But the other extreme is not good either...Sometimes I leave too early and then I have to wait the bus and then I have to wait for a long time until my class starts. And I don't like that either. There definitely needs to be a balance, but it's hard to find.
Are you going to buy a new bike?
I think I am done with the bike buying for a while now, I am going to walk everywhere until I have a plan...It hurts having two bikes stolen within a week:(
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