Don't know if you follow David Epstein, but his new book is called “inside the box” and talks about how constraints make us better. Similar thought to opting in to difficulty.
Yes! Constraints are certainly a popular framing. I like to think about the mind in terms of adaptations - relating it to language used in running and training - because for me, it's a little more about doing the work than building a wall to push up against. A lot of those walls are put up out of our control. It's all linked, of course!
The part about going offline really resonated with me! So similarly, I've been finding a lot more peace just from the act of reading books instead of doom scrolling. Having a job where I read and write so much I thought all my energy for reading was sapped but it turns out I just needed to lower my expectations and stop focusing on reading dense non-fiction. That said, 100% support the recommendation to just read anything, books, Running Sucks, magazines.
One of the most common pieces of advice for avoiding burnout / achieving balance is going deep into a hobby. You've already got running as your counterweight to reading law - you have a physical and a mental exertion - so it makes perfect sense to add lighter reading for the spare moments.
Don't know if you follow David Epstein, but his new book is called “inside the box” and talks about how constraints make us better. Similar thought to opting in to difficulty.
Yes! Constraints are certainly a popular framing. I like to think about the mind in terms of adaptations - relating it to language used in running and training - because for me, it's a little more about doing the work than building a wall to push up against. A lot of those walls are put up out of our control. It's all linked, of course!
The part about going offline really resonated with me! So similarly, I've been finding a lot more peace just from the act of reading books instead of doom scrolling. Having a job where I read and write so much I thought all my energy for reading was sapped but it turns out I just needed to lower my expectations and stop focusing on reading dense non-fiction. That said, 100% support the recommendation to just read anything, books, Running Sucks, magazines.
One of the most common pieces of advice for avoiding burnout / achieving balance is going deep into a hobby. You've already got running as your counterweight to reading law - you have a physical and a mental exertion - so it makes perfect sense to add lighter reading for the spare moments.