Today has been a day to exercise discipline. First, I made myself do yoga. Later, I made myself go for a walk in the falling snow (on slippery roads in hiking boots that collected snow in all the ridges so that eventually I was walking on stilts) and finally, I made myself sit down and try to write the next chapter of my novel. Yay me.
On my walk, I was humbled by following in the very-close-together footsteps of the ancient Chinese man who walks EVERY afternoon, no matter what the weather. He can barely take steps and is bent over and has to stop after every 3rd or 4th step forward. My stride covered more than three of his steps. And I should complain about walking in the snow?
According to the Brain show on PBS, I was building neurons like crazy in my brain, something that will help my brain stay younger longer. That's a good thing, because if I walk every day like elderly Chinese man, I am going to live forever!! Yay fitness.
I just finished my first try on a NY Times crossword puzzle. That could also build synapses, Probably not, because I spent the first half hour looking things up on the computer. No synapses built in those cases. But, who knew that Piz Bernini and Eiger were Alps??? or the name of the elder Saarinen? Come on! I still can't get the name of the Beatles' number one hit in 1964, and that one I SHOULD know. It was probably my favorite song of the year. More synapses may produce the right answer. It's I Feel ________. Any thoughts?
2 comments:
Maybe "I Feel Fine" the line I can think of is I'm in love with her and I feel fine. . .not many synapses firing here either. . .
Sarah
One of my guilty pleasures is hunkering down with the NY Times Sun. crossword after I return from my morning walk and coffee with friends. I usually spend 3-4 hours on it initially. I have two dictionaries, The NY Public Lib. Desk Reference, and a Fr/Eng. pocket dictionary. First I do all that I can without looking up anything, and I am improving after several years. For ex., I do know Saarinen's (both) first names, because they are often in these puzzles. Stop beating yourself up about the tools you use, unless you have signed a purist's oath! The whole idea is to enjoy doing it, knowing that you are thinking, retaining brain cells and memory synapses, and it doesn't even cost anything!
Karen
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