Tag: Writing

What journey are you on?

Epcot Starbucks receipt
just a moment in time… insignificant without context

 

We normally think of exercise as being purely physical.

But writing everyday is also a type of exercise.

Anything done regularly and for a long time dramatically increases the odds for transformation.

For example, 10 years of running led to a trip to the 2009 Masters Track & Field World Championships in Finland.

What will five more of writing lead to? An inconsequential question to you, right? So how about these two…

What journey are you on? Where do dream of being five years from today?

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With five solid topics to pick from for the next book…

Someone had to write about obligations and railroads
Someone had to write about obligations and railroads

 

Do we really know what turns us on? What motivates us?

Do we have a project that compels us to keep moving forward?

Can’t imagine not having answers to those three questions.

With five solid topics to pick from for the next book, the leading contender at this time is ‘body – our physical responsibility’.

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Three things running can teach us about writing

Huge rut on Florida dirt road
Out running, spotted a huge rut the driver never saw coming

 

Three things running can teach us about writing:

  1. We do it because we know, undeniably, it helps us
  2. Not everyday is going to be a top performance
  3. While others criticize our art, we wake up, shut up, put up

It matters little to walk somewhere to preach, if not the whole walk is the preaching.

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PS. Wonder if the driver plowed through the rut he created, or needed help getting unstuck.

 

Three reasons why running is like writing

french gym class
school gym class in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower
French gym class
seriously, the Eiffel Tower, 10am on a beautiful Spring day

Three reasons why running is like writing:

  1. When you do it regularly, you get better at it
  2. The more you do it, the easier it becomes to start
  3. When you stop, even for a week, it takes days to get the rhythm back

Have been running regularly for the past week. Man does it ever feel good.

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