This is regarding running but be can be applied to different walks of life as well. Not every moment of life needs to be optimized. Before adding things into our lives, we can looks for things that can be subtracted or can be eliminated.
I started running back in June of 2020. I was firstly using a classic Samsung button phone for a couple of months to track just the total time of my runs as I didn't kept a smartphone from 2016 to 2022. Then I bought a Casio watch, not taking my phone on the run to note the total timings of my run. I kept it this way till November of 2024. No smart watch, no Strava and no other app to track the metrics. This was also because I didn't intended to keep running for this long. Now I have been using both Coros Pace Pro & Strava since last November. I have been some sort of like Anti Technology and didn't wanted to be tied to all these numbers. It is all just I wanted to keep intact the love for running and not get hooked to numbers on day to day basis.
In my day to day life as well outside the sport, I am some what blunt & I preach radical honesty.
A lot of the times people get fazed by that he has no mask put on, he is not pretending and there is no fluff but then a lot of the times people love it I am not just being like tip of the iceberg while talking to them. I can't do small talk even for a minute with anyone, so I have kept my circle small. There is no time for small talks for hours on end, it is sheer time waste. Do what you want to pursue, create frameworks & systems for it and go all in to achieve it and then think what else can be done. The way endurance sports peels out every bit of layer from a human being is quite great and the bonds shared doesn't mean it is just because of they are pursuing these different endurance sports. It is all behind the doing of all this- they share aligned values. They know what it means to go sleep on time to wake up early to put in the required work. They know what it means to take care of our physical, mental & emotional health and the importance of it to peak perform in any walk of life. They know what it means to have self control to just have a clean diet for months on end. It has become a part of system now, it is no more for a couple of days or weeks. It is a life long pursuit and lifelong practice. They know when going through the trenches of pain how a human is left bare naked physically, mentally & emotionally. It is just that the pursuit of endurance sports is a byproduct of their tiny habits. What an individual values & prioritizes they practice on daily basis.
They don't want to live life on some sort of automation as they want to steer the ship on their own terms. They know complacency kills. They know the importance of SHOWING UP and the significance of CONSISTENCY as CONSISTENCY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.
You and I have some similarities, Sudhanshu. I, too, am a blunt communicator with no patience for small talk. Social norms for interpersonal communication are grounded in the assumption that we are all terrified of one another, and I am not terrified of other people.
I belong to the tribe of endurance athletes.
This is regarding running but be can be applied to different walks of life as well. Not every moment of life needs to be optimized. Before adding things into our lives, we can looks for things that can be subtracted or can be eliminated.
I started running back in June of 2020. I was firstly using a classic Samsung button phone for a couple of months to track just the total time of my runs as I didn't kept a smartphone from 2016 to 2022. Then I bought a Casio watch, not taking my phone on the run to note the total timings of my run. I kept it this way till November of 2024. No smart watch, no Strava and no other app to track the metrics. This was also because I didn't intended to keep running for this long. Now I have been using both Coros Pace Pro & Strava since last November. I have been some sort of like Anti Technology and didn't wanted to be tied to all these numbers. It is all just I wanted to keep intact the love for running and not get hooked to numbers on day to day basis.
In my day to day life as well outside the sport, I am some what blunt & I preach radical honesty.
A lot of the times people get fazed by that he has no mask put on, he is not pretending and there is no fluff but then a lot of the times people love it I am not just being like tip of the iceberg while talking to them. I can't do small talk even for a minute with anyone, so I have kept my circle small. There is no time for small talks for hours on end, it is sheer time waste. Do what you want to pursue, create frameworks & systems for it and go all in to achieve it and then think what else can be done. The way endurance sports peels out every bit of layer from a human being is quite great and the bonds shared doesn't mean it is just because of they are pursuing these different endurance sports. It is all behind the doing of all this- they share aligned values. They know what it means to go sleep on time to wake up early to put in the required work. They know what it means to take care of our physical, mental & emotional health and the importance of it to peak perform in any walk of life. They know what it means to have self control to just have a clean diet for months on end. It has become a part of system now, it is no more for a couple of days or weeks. It is a life long pursuit and lifelong practice. They know when going through the trenches of pain how a human is left bare naked physically, mentally & emotionally. It is just that the pursuit of endurance sports is a byproduct of their tiny habits. What an individual values & prioritizes they practice on daily basis.
They don't want to live life on some sort of automation as they want to steer the ship on their own terms. They know complacency kills. They know the importance of SHOWING UP and the significance of CONSISTENCY as CONSISTENCY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.
You and I have some similarities, Sudhanshu. I, too, am a blunt communicator with no patience for small talk. Social norms for interpersonal communication are grounded in the assumption that we are all terrified of one another, and I am not terrified of other people.
Good article. I hadn’t read about this topic before. I had misconceptions. Oops.
Wise athlete, smart jock, same thing.