Most of what I know about writing I’ve learned through running every day. These are practical, physical,lessons. How much can I push myself? How much rest is appropriate—and how much is too much? How far can I take some thing and still keep it decent and consistent? When does it become narrow-minded and inflexible? How much should I be aware of the world outside, and how much should I focus on my inner world? To what extent should I be confident in my abilities, and when should I start doubting myself? I know that if I hadn’t become a long-distance runner when I became a novelist, my work would have been vastly different. How different? Hard to say. But some thing would have definitely been different.
…People some times sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive than in a fog, and I believe running helps you do that. Exerting your self to the fullest within your individual limits: that’s the essence of running and a metaphor for life—and for me, for writing as well. ...from Haruki Murukami,"What I Talk about when I Talk about Running"
We do yoga everyday for the same reasons, how to be confident in ourselves, when does self doubt arise, the boundary between flexibility and narrow mindedness, how much to focus on one's inner world vs the outside world,living with clear goals, living life to its fullest.....
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