Haruki Murakami
Summary
- Haruki Murakami is a writer who also happens to run marathons and previously ran a jazz bar
Details
- He only started writing at 29. He started marathon running at 33 when he realised he was gaining weight from writing.
- When writing, he wakes up at 4am and writes for 5 to 6 hrs. Then he runs errands reads and listens to music and gets to bed at 9:00.
- When he started writing in 1981 he gained weight and also was smoking as many as 61 cigarettes a day. He changed his habits completely, quitting smoking, running daily, drinking less and eating veggies and fish
References
Quotes
“I keep to this routine every day without variation, The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.”
“People are offended when you repeatedly turn down their invitations, My readers would welcome whatever life style I chose, as long as I made sure each new work was an improvement over the last. And shouldn’t that be my duty—and my top priority—as a novelist"
Related
- Habit Change - Leo Babauta
- Habit is as second nature - Cicero
- Writing Life long habit
- Deep work - Cal Newport
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Haruki Murakami, author and marathoner