First Entry

I recently started biking to work everyday. The entire distance from my house to work is 2.6miles. This blog is going to be about things I notice, think about, and realize while biking.

Today's thought = Biking everywhere is making me a more patient person.

Before I started biking to work everyday, I thought that biking would cause me to feel rushed. It was going to start taking me more time to get work, church, school, or run errands. This is now my third week of biking. I know I can only speak for myself, but biking has truly slowed me down. I plan accordingly, making sure I leave my house with enough time to get to work, but I'm not rushing there. I CAN'T RUSH THERE. It is so nice not to jump in the car, pull onto the road, and race along with all the other drivers. To not be caught up with the frantic drivers hurrying to get their kids dropped off, grab their coffee, paper, and breakfast.

I intentionally bought a Schwinn Men's Cruiser. It is brown, with a bike rack on back, and has 7 gears. It is not a bike I can speed down the road on. I've attached a milk crate to the bike rack so I can carry my bag, tire pump, bike tool, and bike lock. Every morning I hop on and gradually make my way down the side walks of South Tampa to my office. In the afternoons I can stop at Starbucks, the grocery store, the produce stand, or any other number of places to pick stuff up if I have to. Or I can just head right home. It is nice to just coast along, decompress, wave to friends, and enjoy the beauty that God has created all around me. To live in a place where the sun is shining constantly, it would almost be a waste not bike to work everyday, just so I could be thankful for it.