Bike Log: New Berlin to Madison; 8/22/2020

I reverted to the legacy blogger version to type this up because the new blogger is inefficient and a struggle to use. However, after September I will be stuck with the new blogger.

Biking Notes:

• 9:47 Left home on New Berlin Trail heading into headwind coming from west.
• 10:11 New Berlin Trail ended
• 10:23 Fox River Sanctuary, beginning of Glacial Drumlin Trail. (bathroom available)
• 10:44 11.5 miles
• 10:53 Wales, rate paved surface 5/5. Crowded to Wales (bathroom available)
• 11:05 Hwy  C, 16.5 miles
• 11:09 Waterville, pass ice age trail entry
• 11:14 Bob called. water break. windy today, 10-15 mi/hr looking at flags
• 11:24 Dousman 20 miles (probably bathroom in bike store)
• 11:28 Crushed limestone surface, 3/5 dry. probably no good if wet after rain, but we haven't had rain for a while.
• 11:33 stopped to watched go-carts. Clouding over
• 11:39 back to biking
• 11:41 crosswind and wind, 2 kayakers in canal. Some bridges pretty bumpy at entrance and exit
• 11:45 removed stick from tree trimming out of chain
• 11:58 trailhead (don't know if bathroom open), low hanging tree branches, low to moderate amount of people
• 12:11 Hwy 18, 28.9 miles
• 12:22 Co Rd D, then cross Johnson Creek, gopher holes, trail 2/5
• 12:39 cross Johnson Creek again
• 12:41 Hwy Y
• 12:52 Hwy 26 bridge, eat lunch, about 15 minutes, 38 miles
• 1:07 trail head, 39 miles, low tree branches
• 1:16 popp rd
• 1:24 hwy !
• 1:26 mansfield rd
• 1:29 harvey rd
• 1:37 Lake Mills, 45 miles, N89, A,G, Bathroom and shower with hot water, nice picnic area
• 1:50 between lakes, crowded
• 1:58 picked up Lake Mills bird list
• 2:00 State Wildlife area, seems smaller than we remembered. moderate amount of people, noisy cicadas
• 2:11 Hwy O, London Junction, tavern with bikes, holly ridge lane, trail parking
• 2:13 50.8miles
• 2:18 prairie dr
• 2:22 London road, Koshkonog creek
• 2:28 Deerfield Industrial park, Industrial? rd, Deerfield trailhead, hwy 73
• 2:37 oak park rd.
• 2:41 Kessenich Rd to Dvorak Rd, Biker rode on road parallel to us on paved road, 3rd crossing of Koshkonago creek
• 2:49 ridge rd
• 2:50 uphoff rd, cross koshkonago creek again
• 2:55 heather dr.
• 2:58 Cottage Grove, 60.8 miles

Notes: bring ibuprofen, insect repellent, clear glasses on next bike ride

Notes: Make calico beans, empanadas, pasteles

When are library books due?

Steven Pressfield's "the War of Art" mentioned in 2 podcasts

I listen to a lot of podcasts; two of them mentioned the same guy, Steven Pressfield. 

The Draftsman podcast, https://www.proko.com/the-war-of-art-draftsmen-s2e16/#.Xzrzt-hKhqQ, reviewed his book, “the War of Art” and James Altucher mentioned the same book in 30 day book challenge podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-james-altucher-show/id794030859?i=1000488126497, to show how Steven used a historical/religious text “The Art of War” as a springboard for that book. 

I just picked up “the War of Art” from the library. I wonder how closely if follows “the Art of War.”

Summary of Andrew J Pizza on Kick in the Creatives podcast regarding Creativity

Today I listened to Kick in the creatives podcast of Andrew J Pizza, https://kickinthecreatives.com/andy-j-pizza-creative-pep-talk/.

He mentioned that there are 2 schools of thought regarding creativity, Grit, keep going till you get it done, and experimentation, try different things to see what you like. What he likes to do is do project based experiments. Do things, fail, get data to see if it works.

The big questions to ask yourself is: What should I be making next? How can I communicate to the people I want to give me opportunities, what opportunities to give me? 

In order to do that you need to refine and identify your target. He mentioned the bull’s eye method. The outer ring is the industry, the middle ring is the market, and the bull’s eye is the niche. 

He used the the fine art world as an example. First you need to identify where and how people like you are earning a living. Second: Where do you fit in? Where do you standout? Then define your niche.