Welcome to another Yosh! post!
We left you hanging….
Left off here…
Former Suit, KATIE has an existential moment (er… moments) tying to T.S. Eliot’s “Prufrock”. MORNING MUSINGS are born by pairing a 5×7 lined notebook with PENCIL to facilitate the FLO of ideas. Let us continue then, you and I… —The Gang
[note: We’re backing up slightly]
RC THE STORYTELLER
I feel a circle back moment is coming…
KATIE
I know that at SOME POINT it hit me and… I came up with a way… MY WAY… to do quote/unquote PAGES…
RC THE STORYTELLER
Ah… So…?
KATIE
THAT’s how MORNING MUSINGS were born … found little 5×7 lined JOURNAL notebooks … 100 pages for free-flow enjoyment!
RC THE STORYTELLER
Yes, and…? The pencil…?
KATIE
Right? As in… felt RIGHT to WRITE in pencil… conducive for drawing too and FLOs well…
RC THE STORYTELLER
So… Mechanical?
KATIE
Random, but … mechanical fits perfectly inside that 5×7… Didn’t muck my eyes.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Yes, and… No sharpening required and definitely NOT a WORK UTENSIL.
KATIE
Got that right… Not the company furnished BICs and CLICKY ballpoints…
She smiles and motions for him to lend her his RAZR.
KATIE
Hang on… I wanna check something out.
After some quick taps, she shows the screen to RC…
BIC that WOWed…
RC THE STORYTELLER
Okay… it’s… cool and all… What’s this got to do with your PRUFROCK rant? Please to Enlighten me.
KATIE
Derailed again! You know I do that, so… Thanks for the nudge…
I was exposed to PRUFROCK in high school.
RC THE STORYTELLER
ENGLISH LIT class?
She smiles.
KATIE
After school sports actually…
He gives her a look.
KATIE
You… were in early stages of development so I don’t expect you to remember, but… I went out for CROSS COUNTRY… the team because I heard that the BASKETBALL COACH was assistant coach and since I was hell-bent on being the next PISTOL PETE, figured visibility would help…
RC THE STORYTELLER
Uh… okay…
He motions as though holding the FAST FORWARD button on a REMOTE.
KATIE
The first day of practice started in the classroom… a session that included the reading of PRUFROCK. Coach was making a point… heck he taught us about EXISTENTIALISM… that whole DO I DARE? Framing our running as a decision… a choice…
She stops and then does her best to recall.
KATIE
Time for decisions and revisions that … a minute will reverse…
Pondering some more.
KATIE
And… do I DARE disturb the universe?
Notable…
RC THE STORYTELLER
A challenge then?
KATIE
Well… It was clear or rather in retrospect… what he was trying to do, besides set the tone, was establish that our ability to improve as athletes would come from within… from decisions we made … from rising to the challenges we give ourselves… He’d get us ready… technique and strategy but… From Day 1, the onus was on each of us…
Think about that…
RC THE STORYTELLER
As a high schooler?? So, what like 14 years old? Your future. Your choice?
…Not just doing what you’re told… but embracing the WHY …
KATIE
Not just doing what you’re told… but embracing the WHY as in Why do what you do…
Understanding and internalizing and… honestly… to be successful there was a bit of… let’s call it… lifestyle changes were required.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Meaning…
KATIE
Once a day is good. Twice a day is better. It was my introduction to before school runs… logging miles he called it… building up endurance.
RC THE STORYTELLER
And discipline… EVERY day?
KATIE
Not SATURDAY race day or … most Sundays we’d go once for recovery. It became a ROUTINE that we grew into and learned to enjoy as we’d have a lot more energy than the rest of the students dragging themselves to homeroom.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Ah, so PRUFROCKed early in life made it easier to adapt the disciplined approach to the PAGES thing?
KATIE
I kinda think… Yeah as I’m pre-wired for disciplined approach to the point that…
RC THE STORYTELLER
OMG you’ve filled a LOT of JOURNALS… to the point that you evolved your DragonBustR Framework philosophy thingie.
KATIE
You got it. But for real… preparing the mind. Being open to experiences… a DO I DARE choice that becomes … don’t gag …ACTIONABLE…
RC THE STORYTELLER
Suitable…
He laughs…
KATIE
Of course… Just remember I’m much better at SLIPPING those SUIT jabs now…
She points to him.
KATIE
Circling back… Let’s call it do-able a throwback to NIKE’s JUST DO IT merged with Coach’s simplification of the task at hand… Pick-em-Up and Put-em down.
RC THE STORYTELLER
I think I understand.
Katie starts to laugh.
RC THE STORYTELLER
And that’s funny to you… that I understand?
KATIE
Settle down… I just remembered something and then… Saw my eyes something else.
He relaxes.
RC THE STORYTELLER
I knew that… please to share.
KATIE
We PRUFROCKed hills… during races… And thinking of it… me and Happy Puppy KEE-RA do our share of PRUFROCKing hills too… that’s what made me laugh.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Oh–kay…
KATIE
It was… suggested that we make up our minds… DARE… to take off when we reach the top of a hill. Others would be pooped out. If we push…
RC THE STORYTELLER
Pick-em-Up and Put-em down…
KATIE
With our minds made up … A— It would hurt less and B— We’d get separation from our opponents… creating a discouraging gap.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Which really made it hurt less, right? … so Kee-Ra… the connection?
KATIE
We’ve got a ROCKY hill… Get to the top — Yo! We did it! Arms in the air thing… But thinking of it… probably out of habit… we continue onto the roadway a bit and then turn around and do the ROCKY thing as we head back.
RC THE STORYTELLER
So you got Kee-Ra PRUFROCKing?
KATIE
He’s a natural.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Of course. Now to borrow a line from one of your favorite movies… “Where’s this going to lead…?”
She pauses before responding
KATIE
RAZOR’S EDGE… Nice touch…
They continue walking while she formulates her response.
KATIE
Well… Two things I believe… The pragmatic has mostly been addressed as BOTH Meredith and Kimba have JOURNAL “kits” with pencil and spare leads and the PAK.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Which means…?
KATIE
Do I dare suggest… Establishing a ROUTINE… Like making it… a disciplined part of their morning START-U-UP… ?
RC THE STORYTELLER
Could work… establish a mindset. And that conversation could begin with a story about… an existential poem that changed your world, right?
KATIE
Something like that.
RC THE STORYTELLER
Gotta… do it in person. Don’t be sending a link or ZOOMing… Do this…
KATIE
Walk-Feets-by-the-Sea…
RC THE STORYTELLER
It’s the best, agree?
They fist bump.
KATIE
Hungry now.
RC THE STORYTELLER
I know… Like falling over or…
KATIE
KIND BAR quick energy and then let’s scope the DAY OLDS at BAGELRY.
RC THE GREMLIN
Split a SCRAMBAGEL with ya!
KATIE
That’s even better.
She reached into her PAK and remove the KIND BAR.
KATIE
Please to share…
RC THE GREMLIN
Gladly!
FADE OUT.
PENCIL’S DOWN
That’s a wrap for this Two-Parter Yosh!
Throw-down Ponderable…
…The take-away… DO I DARE… alter my morning routine to write MUSINGS on a DAILY basis?
How’s that for a ponderable?
FADE OUT.
Pencils down…
If You Dare… Some Mozart for your Mind…
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