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How To Live, First Go Easy, Then Light, Then Fast
“We’ve got a motto here-you’re tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.”
― Christopher McDougall
The art of waking up early. You don’t get up and do 100 push-ups. No, you wake up, slowly, you spring out of the dream realms and into the silence of the early hours, and, of course, to the restroom. What I do next is my routine, but it doesn’t cease to remain the same, slow and easy. I meditate, in my bed, for 15 minutes, then I grab my tablet and read for another 15 minutes. And then, I grab my lap and begin writing or creating a video, or working on something very important for about 30 to 40 minutes.
Make it easy. Once I’m done with my writing, I make my bed and make sure my room is nice and tidy. It just feels good to clean out a bit first thing in the morning. But you know what feels better? Going for a run. And then… kick ass generally throughout your day.
Running, according to Christopher McDougall in his amazing book, Born to Run, is about innate in human beings as our hairlessness. In the book, he visits the Tarahumara tribes in Chihuahua, Mexico, where he meets Caballo Blanco. Caballo was a crazy American that decided to go and live with the Tarahumara (the light feet people) and learn their secrets for running large distances.
