I loved this article as I think it is the metaphor of the present transition to the next decade. I was also negotiating with myself to do less than more in terms of exercise. Off to exercise. Great to have seen you and you look wonderful.
I hear you, Molly. I have been similarly athletic most of my life - from soccer (and Cubardy, which no one here knows) as a kid to baseball, football, cricket, swiming, water-skiing, diving, boxing and martial arts as a teenager/young adult, and back to hiking, camping, fishing, skiing (downhill and crosscountry, as we used to call them) and martial arts as a 'senior.' There is in some of us (myself included) a thought that if you stop moving, all that happens is time passing, and who wants to wait for the inevitable? You don't have to be great, or even good. You don't even (I suppose, though, like you, I am) have to be competitive. But there is definitely something about challenging yourself, and overcoming (lethargy, inertia, malaise, or just a general lack of interest) that seems to do wonders, if not for your body, and your heart, at the very least, your mind. Writing similarly requires self-discipline. The difference in doing things like writing alone versus doing anything under supervision is, the only person yelling at you is yourself. And sometimes, there's a benefit to that, as well...
Wow! Thats quite a list, and I’m not surprised! I think that your way of seeing competitive is better than mine- I’m really not- like I don’t pay attention to time or distance- it’s some deal I’ve made with myself.
Well, I had an older brother, as I remind my son, who is competitive in his own way, but not nearly as outwardly...aggressively...and had no family competition growing up...
I loved this article as I think it is the metaphor of the present transition to the next decade. I was also negotiating with myself to do less than more in terms of exercise. Off to exercise. Great to have seen you and you look wonderful.
I hear you, Molly. I have been similarly athletic most of my life - from soccer (and Cubardy, which no one here knows) as a kid to baseball, football, cricket, swiming, water-skiing, diving, boxing and martial arts as a teenager/young adult, and back to hiking, camping, fishing, skiing (downhill and crosscountry, as we used to call them) and martial arts as a 'senior.' There is in some of us (myself included) a thought that if you stop moving, all that happens is time passing, and who wants to wait for the inevitable? You don't have to be great, or even good. You don't even (I suppose, though, like you, I am) have to be competitive. But there is definitely something about challenging yourself, and overcoming (lethargy, inertia, malaise, or just a general lack of interest) that seems to do wonders, if not for your body, and your heart, at the very least, your mind. Writing similarly requires self-discipline. The difference in doing things like writing alone versus doing anything under supervision is, the only person yelling at you is yourself. And sometimes, there's a benefit to that, as well...
Wow! Thats quite a list, and I’m not surprised! I think that your way of seeing competitive is better than mine- I’m really not- like I don’t pay attention to time or distance- it’s some deal I’ve made with myself.
Well, I had an older brother, as I remind my son, who is competitive in his own way, but not nearly as outwardly...aggressively...and had no family competition growing up...