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# Grind
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/grind/
- Published: 2020-08-16T10:55:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-15T03:49:59.000Z
- Description: The body remembers slowly and forgets very quickly.
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

I haven’t been running much at the cabin in the woods. I gave up after a suicidal jog along a loopy stretch of road where monstrous pickup trucks Tokyo-drifted around the curves. This afternoon I drove to a path along the Scioto River, and I thought I’d run an easy three or four miles. Although it had only been a week since my last run, my body creaked and juddered. Even worse, I was bored out of my skull, checking my watch every two minutes and wondering if I should start smoking again.

The body remembers slowly and forgets very quickly. This lesson also applies to writing. A day or two passes without working on my book, and my brains start panting and wheezing the next time I sit at my desk. *Why are you making up stories? Let’s do something else instead.* The daily routine isn’t poetic or even interesting. There are no flashes of insight, no white-hot burst of motivation that fuels me until dawn. God knows I’ve waited long enough for these things to show up. From now on, it’s just a steady grind.