Last year I wrote about Haruki Murakami’s book ‘What I talk about when I talk about running’ and the idea of “acquiring a void” when running.
I said I didn’t understand it at the time, but I think I understand it a little now after a year of running (with a few hiatuses in the middle).
The thoughts and problems of the day are subordinate to the void. The void is just there. It’s a space for the subconscious to process without any conscious thought messing things up. It’s a deliberate eschewing of overthinking and must-solve-it-now habits. It’s a safe place to just be.