A good friend wrote a song which contained the phrase, “Life gets in the way” and sometimes I think about it and how it applies to my own life.

In the simple quest to skate more and stress less some obstacles that are normal parts of life complicate things. Work, projects, family, taxes, and cars etc. all conspire to keep me from skating. Some things like family are most important and other things like taxes and work, a means to an end to be sure, seem to be colossal wastes of time. Maybe the winter darkness contributes to the sense of not enough time. Maybe it’s age.

The days, however, grow longer and along with that will come more skating and more of my world will feel a bit less confined. Summertime is calling and daylight until 10 will arrive. I can’t wait.

Find a way to skate; sleep later.