When I exercise, I don't want anything

When I thought about learning a new sport, I chose golf, because I saw on TV golfers most of the time in the blue sky and the wilderness with a club in leisure, I think this sport is quite relaxing, you can walk more, but also suitable for relaxing themselves.

　　But once you have enrolled in a class, you will find that it is not so. The prerequisite for a leisurely stroll is to learn the basics well, otherwise the ball will hit the pool and then into the bunker, which is no fun at all. And my golf coach never gave me a chance to empty my brain. Instead, he always taught me to think, to think about strategy before hitting the ball, and to think about adjustments after hitting the ball. Golf is like life, to be free, you have to discipline yourself!

　　The coach taught both by word and example, starting with the warm-up, he began to teach his students, "The Great Leader said that one does not fight unprepared battles!" Before each shot, he would reiterate, "Be clear in your goals and controlled in your process. Choose the right club, adjust the details of your movements, and the work will come naturally, otherwise the desire for speed will not be achieved." At this point, he swells with enthusiasm, like a corporate trainer on airport TV. Next, some more psychological counseling: "There is no perfect ball, whether it lands in the fairway, long grass or bunker, you can only accept the reality, forget the past and move in the established direction. No matter how many people are around, the pressure is on you, and it's your freedom to choose how to play." My fellow trainees and I said that if he turned his feelings about sports into words like Haruki Murakami, he could probably also write a book "When I talk about golf, what do I talk about".

　　Haruki Murakami started writing in 1978 and started running in 1982. According to him, he did it because he liked it, and in 1996, after participating in a 100km ultra-marathon, Murakami lost his natural passion for running. But the way he got out of the rut was by resuming his running training and slowly getting that passion back. "To run today because you don't want to run, that's how long-distance runners think." I couldn't read or think of this statement, but Murakami did just that.

　　Our coach was from the same era as Murakami and acted in a similar way. He was convinced that if you hit 10,000 balls on the practice range, the next game would be like a godsend. So we were urged to swing, swing, hit the ball, hit the ball. What do you do when you get into trouble? Persevere!

　　Writing and playing sports sound like dashing things. But having coded or learned to play ball myself, I don't find it easy to stick with either of those things. I'm not one of those talented writers who can write 10,000 words a day, nor do I have the talent to master a new sport in a short period of time. When I'm tired of writing and can't write, I go to the ballpark and hit the ball in full view of everyone, my nerves are still tense, and the more I try to play well, the worse I get, and I often can't hit a few good shots in a few hours. When I came back from exercise, my head was full of batting tips, and the only thing I emptied was the water in my body. Fortunately, sweat more, drink a can of beer, eat more also do not feel guilty.

　　When I talked to a colleague about this, he told me how he emptied himself. In his early years of working and studying in a foreign country, the thing he liked most was to go to a restaurant and brush dishes. When the hot tap was turned on and the water was rushing, he could think of nothing else at that time. After working all night and mechanically rinsing away the scraps on the piles of plates, he went back to sleep after calculating his pay. Brush the plate for him, is a paid aerobic exercise.