I’ve gone snowboarding about 30 times since I started learning a few years ago, but every time I’m on a lift, most of the other riders have been out 90 days just this season. In fact, almost everyone I see has been skiing or snowboarding for decades, and comes out almost every day.

It’s hard to stay motivated when I’m the worst snowboarder on the mountain.

This might seem like a big coincidence, but I’m also one of the worst runners I know AND one of the worst writers that I’m aware of.

Iron Man meme showing Obadiah Stane in a suit grabbing and yelling at a scientist in a cave laboratory. Top text reads 'SCOTT ALEXANDER COULD WRITE SOMETHING BETTER IN A CAVE'. The scientist is labeled 'MY HOMUNCULUS', Stane is labeled 'MY BRAIN WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE SEPERATE FROM ME FOR SOME REASON', and bottom text reads '...WITH A BOX OF MEMES OLDER THAN JESUS!'

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