the climb

When you're a child, very few things are more enticing than a playground structure that towers high above the ground.

As you progress higher and higher towards the top, the desire to stand at the top and look down at the view only grows more and more.

But then, this way of feeling isn't something you grow out of... at least not in your early 20s.

Then one day you're 23 years old and you're walking up the stairs to your apartment. You realize suddenly that you're doing the exact same action that you found exciting and fun before, but you've done this action time and time again and found it really bothersome and dull.

Elevators... escalators... so many things people do to avoid climbing, but many people go out of their way to climb.

So confused.