The new bike... I named her Kennedy! It's been three months since I hung up my farming boots, and returned to conventional society. I expected that there would be some culture shock, but the transition was tougher in some ways than I thought it would be. I spent the first two weeks trying to not feel like a, sell out as I went about daily tasks that most people take for granted. I bought food from the grocery store, and thought about children starving in developing nations because of capitalism. I rode in cars, and thought about carbon emissions destroying the ozone layer. As you've probably noticed, I have a tendency to overthink things. And trading the quiet of the countryside for the bustle of city-life didn't help to quiet my thinking. As time passed I did a few things that I hoped would assuage my concern about becoming a cog in conventional society. I bought a new bike, and began riding the 30 miles round-trip to and from work. I transitione
by Sensei Alex Kakuyo