"Will I Remember This?"

My petition for an Olympic civilian lane, how playing it safe makes life forgettable, and what would you be doing instead of trying what it is you're trying?

The Olympics have just wrapped up and I watched about none of it.* For one, I don’t think I have the requisite TV channels in my current (temporary) living situation, and for two, I’m engaged over here in my own Olympic quests of writing and pickleballing. If I’m going to write all the things I need to write and be able to play pickleball in the 2028 Summer Olympics, I’ve got my work cut out for me. 

Basically, I don’t want to miss out like I missed out on the 2002 Olympics…

All right, there’s no chance of Olympic pickleball for me, but I fully expect to see pickleball enter the games soon, for others to compete in. In my estimation, it’s only a matter of time. If less-known sports like curling, canoe slalom, and ski mountaineering can be in the Olympics, pickleball should be a shoo-in given its soaring participation, popularity, and viewership.

My one-second take on ski mountaineering: first you run, on skis. As if running wasn’t hard enough. Then, when the hill gets too steep for the…