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The Restorative Joy of Cycling
Feel like crap? Get on a bike
Today I stumbled upon this gentleman’s post on Tik Tok — where he describes how cycling has made him happier.
It’s a lovely video, so you should check out the original …
… but for the record, this is what he says:
Hey, I just want to say that if you’re an adult, and you’re kind of like, “Hey, you know, I’m doing everything right in my life, but I just don’t — I don’t feel good, like something’s missing” …
I just want to propose that the thing that’s missing is riding a bike.
I got back into riding a bike like a year ago — and it is, like, the single greatest boon to my mental health, probably in my entire life.
There are not a lot of problems in my life that I can think my way out of. But I’ve yet to find one that I can’t bike my way out of.
So it’s just — yeah, maybe get a bike. Go for a spin.
I could not more strongly agree.
I love this guy’s video, because it describes something I’ve often felt but had never quite said out loud to myself:
