Unhitch the wagon

I once had a soccer coach who would occasionally tell us to "unhitch the wagon", as a way of telling us to get moving quicker after a ball.  Perhaps because it is such a vivid visual image, it has stuck  with me all these years later.  I think I appreciate the saying even more now because it feels like I am hauling a trailer around with me most days anymore.  Whatever the case, on days when I feel sluggish I remind myself to unhitch the wagon, and imagine myself removing the enormous trailer attached to my backside.  Guaranteed to make me smile,  it reminds me of quicker days when I could shift gears a bit easier, and for a moment I am fast.  So give it a try. Unhitch that wagon and run fast, if only for a few steps.  I'm sure you can pick up the wagon again on your way back home.