when you get ahead

do you ever give it back?

It was a bit of a mistake

But it’s finally happened.

This fool is no longer behind.

The foolsletters are now, infact ahead by a couple of days.

It’s really nice to have a bit of room, a bit of breathing space.

I haven’t felt like I’ve had that in a while.

So it goes.

Now that I feel as though I’m on top of stuff, I’ve breezed right through that barrier and at this moment, I feel as though I’m ahead.

It’s nice to feel as though I’m ahead.

I haven’t this way in a while.

One day, I’d like to even get ahead.

Though, I don’t imagine that once you get ahead that anyone would let you keep it for very long.

So I guess that once one gets ahead the rest of their life is shot with anxiety:

Who’s coming for it? When will I lose it?

A fool is never interested in getting ahead. Their own head is enough to manage - what with the trouble that little pea brian inside of it causes.

Instead, a fool creates silly little rituals, routines and benchmarks of expectations to help them survive.

That’s a dense sentence on p…