Sure beats working for a living.
A commonly recited maxim but I wonder if it true. I think I would rather have my mundane existence then doing this mindless 'fun'.
If ya got the talent, the gameness and physical do something with it. Become World Champ, the local So-Cal Champ or even the local VMX Champ
, and ya got bragging rights. Do something that any 'no name, no brain' 14 year old girl can do given the same time and money, well sorry, 'no cigar'
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