I was at work yesterday and got asked an unusual question: How do I stay motivated to swim hours a day, every day, year after year?
I told the person that I would get back to them while I mulled over the answer. I thought back to this forum and suspect that most of the folks here compete and the competition motivates them. Me, I don’t compete, in fact, I only know how to swim one stroke, at one speed, never stopping. I guess that I just like to swim and be alone for a couple of hours every day with my own thoughts. While that works for me, I doubt it will prove useful for many others. So, how about the rest of you: What motivates you to keep swimming?
Swan
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Motivation to keep on swimming
Swan, there was a thread recently on people (especially at work) who just don't get it and ask idle questions or pass judgment, idly, on those who pursue something a bit out of their own experience. Based on thread responses, it seem rarely possible to have a real discussion, so I would just smile politely, murmur something general and innocuous ("It isn't that hard"), and change the topic.
Regards,
VB
VB,
The curiosity is now more for myself: What motivates people.
About the passing judgement part, I surely don't understand why I swim the way I do, but I just figure it's kind of like Allen said: "is just part of my being. I am therefore I swim." (Thanks Allen)
Motivation to keep on swimming
Swan, there was a thread recently on people (especially at work) who just don't get it and ask idle questions or pass judgment, idly, on those who pursue something a bit out of their own experience. Based on thread responses, it seem rarely possible to have a real discussion, so I would just smile politely, murmur something general and innocuous ("It isn't that hard"), and change the topic.
Regards,
VB
VB,
The curiosity is now more for myself: What motivates people.
About the passing judgement part, I surely don't understand why I swim the way I do, but I just figure it's kind of like Allen said: "is just part of my being. I am therefore I swim." (Thanks Allen)
