Sunrise No. 315 of 1,600+
- Sunrise time: 7:45
- Azimuth: 115° ⇡
- Did the sun rise: Yes
- Was the sun visible: Nope
- Felt like: 3 ºF
- Air Temp: 15 ºF
- Humidity: 73%
- Wind: 9 mph ⇡
- Wind gust: 15 mph
Exposure
- 17mm
- f/22.0
- 30 sec
- 50
Shiras Park, Marquette, MI
1.0 mile commute
📍 46° 33' 16" N, -87° 22' 56" W
Musings [227 words]
People continually say “I could/would never do that,” referring getting up to watch each sunrise of the year.
Why? Why wouldn’t you?
I’ve been plauged with this in the past. When I worked at [REDACTED] I couln’t find anyone in the company who wanted to stay late and create a new project. All this talent and no execution. There were beautiful, wonderful, charming ideas. Coincidentally, that very same thing at [REDACTED] happened all the time, and they were executed. People created things for more than clients. Guess which one I loved and look back upon fondly?
Back to the subject…
One year, that’s it. That’s all this project is. There have already been 36 completed trips around the sun. I think I’ll come out a better person than I went in to this year. That’s less than 3% of my life. Ok, let’s just take since being 16. That’s 5% of my life. It’s incredibly insignificant.
I remember the same when I grave up drinking for a year. If it was for a religiuos reason that was “ok”, if it was because I had substance abuse issues, that was also “ok”. But simply as a choice? People only ever asked “Why? Why woudl you do that?”
Aside from the why, it’s only a year. A single year, in any given life, is hopefully a pretty small commitment.