Composition
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Composition

The night before the scan, I went looking for gym shorts. I could not find a pair that fit. Not because I had gained weight. Because I had lost it. The body had changed and I had not registered it.

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Horizon
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Horizon

I moved the book. Thinking Design was scheduled for Fall 2026. It is now scheduled for June 2027. The reason is not scheduling. It is quality. I grew to hate the draft.

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Robustness
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Robustness

Last week I wrote about load. This week I want to ask a different question: what held? The dogs create the morning. The espresso machine creates the ritual. The things that collapsed depend on discretionary energy.

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Pedals
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Pedals

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.

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Misalignment
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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.

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Cleanup
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Cleanup

I planned to spend the weekend reorganizing my office. Life intervened. By Sunday evening I had cleared a few surfaces and run out of momentum. What surprised me was that even the partial work changed the room.

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Depth
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Depth

A Monday morning. Our CEO came in energized. The idea had momentum before anyone had examined it. Something felt off.

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Threshold
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Threshold

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.

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