There are days when I don't feel like running at all. There are days when I don't feel at all like writing, when each sentence is a slog, when the Internet seems drastically more interesting than my dissertation. Some days I'd rather drink beer and watch TV than run. But when I don't feel like running I do it anyway. I know it will feel fine after three miles, and if it doesn't, I can quit and I'll have at least put in a minimum maintenance run. When I don't feel like writing I do it anyway--if I can just get 250 words in the day won't be completely wasted. In writing and in running, something is better than nothing. Getting started is the hardest part. Do the miles, they don't have to be good; write, it doesn't have to be good either.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Mileage, Or Yet Another Writing/Running Analogy
There are days when I don't feel like running at all. There are days when I don't feel at all like writing, when each sentence is a slog, when the Internet seems drastically more interesting than my dissertation. Some days I'd rather drink beer and watch TV than run. But when I don't feel like running I do it anyway. I know it will feel fine after three miles, and if it doesn't, I can quit and I'll have at least put in a minimum maintenance run. When I don't feel like writing I do it anyway--if I can just get 250 words in the day won't be completely wasted. In writing and in running, something is better than nothing. Getting started is the hardest part. Do the miles, they don't have to be good; write, it doesn't have to be good either.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment