Tag: community
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The Dependency Hub
My counselor’s face froze for a few seconds, then the video feed resumed on my laptop screen. I could tell she was peering at her notes. I noticed a slight bounce to her image as I waited; she must have been sitting on a yoga ball that wasn’t visible on the screen. “Okay,” she said,…
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The Edge of a Precipice
“It is said that despite its many glaring (and occasionally fatal) inaccuracies, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy itself has outsold the Encyclopedia Galactica because it is slightly cheaper, and because it has the words ‘DON’T PANIC’ in large, friendly letters on the cover.” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” by Douglass Adams Y’all, the earth is a crazy…
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The Mob
A week from tomorrow, I am doing my third ever CrossFit competition. In case you’re new here, CrossFit is a high intensity sport that combines gymnastics movements, cardio, and weightlifting to create functional fitness. Find yourself hanging off a ledge by your fingertips? CrossFit can help. Need to move the dining table you built that…
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What It’s Like
Hey there mister Tin ManYou don’t know how lucky you areIf you’d ever felt one breakingYou wouldn’t want a heart -Miranda Lambert I wept my way through a funeral last weekend. Obviously, that’s normal, but I barely knew this young man. He was loved by many people I care about and they spoke of him…
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It’s My Favorite Time of the Year (Again)
Someone somewhere made an executive decision, and now my favorite time of the year is happening for the second time in 2019. And I have mixed feelings about it. I’ll spare you the boring details, but essentially the CrossFit Open, an annual, 5 week, worldwide competition, is changing its season from spring to fall. Which…
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The Church of CrossFit
I am a card-carrying member of the Church of CrossFit. I belong to a gym, a specific branch of the Church, and I honestly couldn’t love it more. I am in. I am sold. Let me tell you why. Different gyms have different personalities, like neighborhoods. Some are competitive, some are snarky, some are kind.…