Very male analogies, perhaps aimed at a male audience. Women who are juggling work, family and caring responsibilities are already doing their ‘60 quarters.’
How about ‘peak experience’ being extended to lend a hand at home, including being a father to children, rather than outsourcing their development to sports coaches?
I’ve actually been thinking a lot about rites of passage into adulthood, specifically how the 80’s wrestling movie Vision Quest portrays the protagonist, Louden Swaine, and his effort to go all in.
I wrote about Louden’s story in this article—it might inspire your next essay.
The fact that Iron Maiden has a song titled “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” (titled after the book) really ties this whole thing together
Very male analogies, perhaps aimed at a male audience. Women who are juggling work, family and caring responsibilities are already doing their ‘60 quarters.’
How about ‘peak experience’ being extended to lend a hand at home, including being a father to children, rather than outsourcing their development to sports coaches?
This is beautifully written
Thanks for sharing! Great post ☺️
Great post, Steve.
I’ve actually been thinking a lot about rites of passage into adulthood, specifically how the 80’s wrestling movie Vision Quest portrays the protagonist, Louden Swaine, and his effort to go all in.
I wrote about Louden’s story in this article—it might inspire your next essay.
https://grantvarner.substack.com/p/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-havent?r=3221f1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false