Nothing Is So Freeing As Liberating From Berating

25 July 2025

Almost precisely a year ago, I got to through off the shackles of near constant torment to hurl myself into an opportunity that I could not have even imagined presenting itself.

As a result, I’m now feeling valued and appreciated in my workplace and not just within my family and among friends. Every day for years I’d been copping vicious, relentless abuse, but that is over.

In some ways, the opportunity has made life a little more challenging, but it has also given me enough of a boost to be able to throw myself headlong into taking issues on, instead of being paralyzed by fear of failure.

Not quite the same on the bike, though, where my rapidly deteriorating body has drained my courage, but the sense of emancipation while riding remains as strong as ever. But you can’t win ’em all….even on days with near-perfect sunrises.