I had a sort of "ah-ha moment" this morning while walk/jogging. Some of you know that I'm trying out this Couch to 5K thing and as a result...running has found me. I'm doing the program with my wife for several reasons...it's a part of my "balanced approach" to working on my Phd, it gives me 30 more minutes of activity each day and most importantly...it gives me 30 more minutes of quality time with my wife! We're in a holding pattern right now...between "weeks" due to my travel commitments. However, we did promise each other to remain active while apart from each other. For my wife, that's resulted in extra Spin classes. For me...that's resulted in trying out the treadmill at the hotel I'm staying at. I'm walk/jogging the routine my wife and I just finished prior to me having to travel. I thought it would be a cool way to revisit that workout...get to know it and myself as a novice runner--better. So...where's the "ah-ha moment" you ask? During this morning's workout...I started to see the importance of intervals...whether you're running...cycling...or in my case...working on my Phd...writing. Allow me to explain. There have been moments in my writing where I've "jogged" (attempted to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time...writing creatively about my research). There have been other times when I've "walked" (slowed it down...thought critically about what I did while "jogging"...this mostly in the form of revision). I'm not sure I'd be where I am...as a novice runner, would-be cyclist and emerging scholar if it were not for intervals. I consider "this"...blogging...one of those "slowing it down" moments...necessary...if I intend to "finish."
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I think that your ideas of intervals make sense in the creative process as well. I feel defeated when I'm told I just have to proceed at the same steady pace because I can't do it. I work in bursts--much like the interval idea. Intervals also help a person not get bored during exercise...it probably works the same way in other areas as well.
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