While stopped at a traffic light during a run, a stranger asked me why I was running. I told her “I’m training for my first marathon.” She thought for a moment and replied “That’s a long, long way, isn’t it?” I smiled, said “Yeah,” and continued down the road.
Amid the first of my many years in grad school, it seems like many of the things I’m working toward are “a long, long way” in some form or another. That’s not necessarily a bad thing… it just means I’ll feel that much better when I arrive where I’m going.
