Came to same conclusion on politics. Used to be a huge fan of knowing about everything and debating and refining my arguments for years.
It all amounted to wasted time.
Not only is the debating with people a waste (no one has nearly ever convinced someone to change a political stance). But after decades of following it closely, it really doesn't matter (on a national level, local is what matters). Much better to focus extremely local...like your home address gets 95% of your focus and your town/neighborhood 5%.
Agree with the other comments that this was a great post! I don't really discuss politics anymore either -- it's just not any fun anymore which is too bad because debating points/talking about current events used to be one of my favorite things about living in the DC area.
Recovery is so individualized. I've tried the scraping and it didn't do anything for me, but acupuncture has helped me run with less pain than I have had in well over 15 years. But I think you have to try different things and figure out what works. I think cryotherapy is overpriced, but it has been helping with my soreness during my 50k training so I've been sticking with it when I do my weekly long runs.
Chris I have to say this one really resonated with me, and I forwarded it to a couple of friends. Love these philosophical thoughts and hope you keep it coming.
I'm 1/240 millionth of the US voting population but 1/2 of my marriage and 1/5th of my family (and have little enough influence there!). As I age I find it more productive and happier to circle the wagons far tighter and just put all of my efforts into those closest to me -- if I can be of some tolerable use to a few friends and a few family members, I'll just try to do that better.
Came to same conclusion on politics. Used to be a huge fan of knowing about everything and debating and refining my arguments for years.
It all amounted to wasted time.
Not only is the debating with people a waste (no one has nearly ever convinced someone to change a political stance). But after decades of following it closely, it really doesn't matter (on a national level, local is what matters). Much better to focus extremely local...like your home address gets 95% of your focus and your town/neighborhood 5%.
Great post.
Agree with the other comments that this was a great post! I don't really discuss politics anymore either -- it's just not any fun anymore which is too bad because debating points/talking about current events used to be one of my favorite things about living in the DC area.
Recovery is so individualized. I've tried the scraping and it didn't do anything for me, but acupuncture has helped me run with less pain than I have had in well over 15 years. But I think you have to try different things and figure out what works. I think cryotherapy is overpriced, but it has been helping with my soreness during my 50k training so I've been sticking with it when I do my weekly long runs.
Chris I have to say this one really resonated with me, and I forwarded it to a couple of friends. Love these philosophical thoughts and hope you keep it coming.
-Chris
Bravo! Well said!
Couldn’t agree more on politics being a waste of time. I wish I had that time back to focus on being a better role model.
I'm 1/240 millionth of the US voting population but 1/2 of my marriage and 1/5th of my family (and have little enough influence there!). As I age I find it more productive and happier to circle the wagons far tighter and just put all of my efforts into those closest to me -- if I can be of some tolerable use to a few friends and a few family members, I'll just try to do that better.