What's wild is that ditching deadlines can sometimes make time stretch out in a good way, like you're not fighting it anymore. I've noticed when I'm not counting minutes, I often get into a zone where a couple hours feel like nothing. It's almost like time becomes a tool instead of a constraint, which is pretty freeing lol.

Everyone's treating this like some great betrayal of nature. Look at the Cascadia Trail after they put in gravel sections, usage went up, but the core experience remained. Paving could mean year round access for families and less maintenance costs. Trails have always been managed, not pristine. The outrage feels a bit performative, doesn't it?