Rugby is a notoriously intense game, with lots of crashing into other players. People who play the game expect to get hurt. And they do it for fun. Sometimes play is relaxing. Other times play is about maximum intensity and commitment, and the adrenaline rush that goes with that.
What do you want to get out of your leisure activities?
“Don’t mistake activity for achievement.”
― John Wooden
What have you achieved with minimal activity?
Social media is a tremendous gift, allowing us to stay connected with friends and family far and near, and giving us countless opportunities to learn, and to enjoy things we otherwise never would have seen. Social media is a massive time sink, an invasion of privacy, and drives us into enclaves that reinforce our existing prejudices and assumptions. Both statements are true.
What is your relationship with social media?
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
What achievement are you proud of?
“It’s not rocket science,” we say of things that are not as complicated as people want to make them out to be. But sometimes it is rocket science. Sometimes what is needed is specialized, sophisticated, detailed knowledge from someone who has worked hard to gain that expertise.
What are you expert at?
