Sports and Slow Weeks

Not much of note happened to me this week. It is in these slow weeks where the mental game really comes into play as far as writing is concerned. The word “grind” really comes to mind in writing, but in just everyday life in general. I still must schedule my time and make sure that I get some amount of writing, editing or both every day.

I am not into many sports except for combat sports, and even then, I really enjoy watching mixed martial arts. There was a UFC Fight Night with the main event of Max Holloway versus Yair Rodriguez. It is amazing how life can imitate art sometimes, and sports can really encapsulate it. The stories just write themselves. Yair Rodriguez was coming off a two-year layoff and fought one of the best fights of his life against a former Champion in Max Holloway, who is still proving that he is one of the best to ever get in the cage. The fight was amazing with different skills, heart, momentum swings, and just a good story encapsulated in twenty-five minutes of fight time.

Sport in general just naturally tell good stories. I am a sucker for most sports movies like McFarland USA to Rudy, and I enjoy sports anime like Eyeshield 21 to Ace of the Diamond. Some of these are sports that I do not normally watch, but I can enjoy the same ideas of pushing past the human limits, achieving high goals, success and failure.