Misalignment
The office is clean now. But cleaning it did not make me want a tidier office. It made me want a different one. The room was not messy. It was misaligned.
There is a pair of pedals on my desk. OneUp Aluminum platforms. Purple, to match the Chris King components for a bike I have not yet built. No mechanism. No clip. No twist to release.
I stopped riding in June because of Achilles tendonitis. I had been riding clipless pedals because that is what serious cyclists do. I cannot rotate my ankles. The friction was there the entire time.
The office is clean now. But cleaning it did not make me want a tidier office. It made me want a different one. The room was not messy. It was misaligned.
A year ago I was using a cane in airports. I am forty-eight years old. Before I turn fifty, I intend to ride the Tour Divide. This is not a reasonable plan.