write and share a "This I Believe" essay

After kicking around a rough draft for months, I finally submitted my essay tonight. Supposedly they all end up on the website. Mine is called “Commuting with Possums” if you are interested in finding it when it’s posted in the next month or two.

I had a long conversation with a friend a few weeks ago about how public transportation isn’t about saving trees or the environment for me, it’s about stifling those feelings of “I want what I want when I want it,” practicing giving something of mine up for another cause. And when you do that by taking public transportation, it gives you practice for when you have to do that with real people. I’ve thought a lot about it over the last week and remembered some people had this goal, and I decided it’s something I want to do.