I have a Post on DERAILLEUR.
It is called ‘BREAKING CHARACTER.’
It is one of my favourite Posts.
It is also one of my favourite things about my life.
I am outgoing when I am not on my bike.
On my bike, I am the total opposite.
Inward.
Little, if any words, quiet, silent.
I go by another name.
‘TJ’
It is a wonderful dynamic.
Best of all, a blast.
Each ‘me’ gives me a break from the other ‘me.’
The same can be said about my choice of Shorts and Polos.
I have lots of ‘outgoing’ clothes.
I have lots of ‘inward’ clothes.
The ‘inward’ clothes are straightforward.
One colour with a minor detail.
The ‘outgoing’ clothes have designs.
But for some reason, I have created a design line for myself.
A line I am reluctant to cross.
A line I have in my head.
It is hard to describe, but I stay below it or at it.
It is this odd barrier I have created for myself.
I know you know what I mean.
You see something, and you think, ‘Yeah, that is nice, but a little more than I am comfortable wearing.’
It is on the other side of the line.
But I am starting to cross that line.
And WOW, I am glad I did.
Small steps.
One step at a time.
One design at a time.
I let the design come to me, I don’t search for it.
It appears as the next Polo over beside the Polo I am looking at online.
It appears accidentally behind a pair of shorts I pulled from a rack.
It appears in a store window.
It appears at the table next to me at a restaurant.
I am breaking myself in gradually.
I have acquired some beauties.
I have not ridden in an ‘outgoing’ Polo and an ‘outgoing’ Short.
…Yet.
I like to do a little ‘outgoing’ with a little ‘inward.’
A little ‘Timothy’ with a little ‘TJ.’
A nice combination.
My favourite combination.
https://devereuxgolf.com/products/out-of-bounds-polo
https://badbirdiegolf.com/collections/polos/products/powell-polo
https://www.jlindeberg.com/products/tour-tech-golf-polo-azalea
Funny, something as simple as crossing this line, has carried over to other things in my life.
‘Crossing that Line’
Insert checkered flag emoji here.
‘Wear it OUT’