I lost an estimated 4,000 jumps today to an inexplicable phone/watch glitch, so naturally I rage-repeated the workout.
If there’s no data, did it even happen?
Not that long ago, when I did something dumb like run 10 miles through the city, ride the White Rim Trail, or nearly die kayaking in Alaska, I had a watch, a fuzzy memory, and maybe a rough route if I’d planned ahead. Knowing I’d done it was enough.
Somewhere along the way, accomplishment became documentation. Now my watch crashes, and I’m out there doing another 4,000 jumps just so the numbers exist somewhere.
There’s probably a profound lesson here about external validation, quantification, and the gap between experience and data. I’m self-aware enough to recognize it, but unfortunately, I’m currently too tired from doing 8,000 jumps to fully absorb it.
