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"i'm going to ride in the olympics
someday."
who among us didn't make similar proclamations
to anyone who would listen to our 8-year-old selves? (if
you're still doing so, more realistically, at 18 or 28 or 38,
we're pulling for you!) or perhaps you had another lofty
ambition as a child—to become an astronaut or a rock
star, or run for president.
But the simple reality is that for most of us, life has
other plans in store. maybe your professional riding
dreams did come true, but not on the scale you'd imag-
ined. perhaps you're a one-horse amateur working hard
just to make it to a few shows a year. or maybe you took
time off from riding altogether to raise a family or focus
on your career, or both.
studies show that as we age, our concept of what
constitutes happiness undergoes a pretty dramatic shift
from "excitement" to "calm." But that transition doesn't
be
ConTenT
The concept of contentment
can be hard to grasp for many driven,
competitive riders, but it's a skill to
practice just like any other.
SaraH
farnSWorTH
PHoTo
