What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now?
What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now?
Those new sneakers made you run faster. It wasn’t even a theory — it was science, at least in the mind of a child.
You’d get the box, open it like it contained classified information, and suddenly, you were convinced physics had changed. You’d look down at the shiny new shoes, take a few test sprints, and genuinely expect an upgrade in performance to kick in at any moment.
Of course, nothing actually changed. But the confidence was undeniable.
Now I’m older, and I’m just happy if I can put them on without needing a strategy session. Every pair of shoes comes with a negotiation: do I tie them properly, or do I accept the calculated risk of “it’ll probably be fine”?
Where I live, if I do go down because of a loose shoelace, I can at least lean into it. Roll around a bit, hold my ankle, and possibly get carried off like a dramatic soccer player. If I time it right, someone might even arrive with a metaphorical picnic basket of assistance.
The truth is, shoes never made you faster. They don’t make you slower either. The only thing that really changes is the time it takes to decide whether you’re still the kind of person who ties laces properly.
And that, unfortunately, is not ridiculous childhood logic.
That’s just age.
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