I don't know if you have any experience of running. I have, of course, it lasts for a short time: more than three months. I want to talk about the experience of more than three months. I think there seems to be something in common between physical exercise and brain exercise. Although I don't know the specific principle, I vaguely feel that there seems to be some connection between them.
I heard a saying before that the limbs are developed and the mind is simple. On the surface, it seems that this is not a good word, but now I don't seem to agree with this sentence. I think if a person has developed limbs, his brain must be not simple. Whether in terms of energy, willpower, stress resistance, etc., people with developed limbs have higher brain capacity than people with underdeveloped limbs.
My level is limited, and I can't prove it from scientific research, only from my experience. At the beginning of my running, there was an artificial lake. I circled the lake for 4.88 kilometers. A few days ago, I couldn't finish the whole run in one breath. I was out of breath. After running, my muscles were sore and I wanted to die. But if I remember correctly, about a week later, my body can fully adapt to the environment and run the whole distance. Of course, the pain of my body still does not disappear. Running, about a month later, I can run two laps. Of course, I am also a little tired. Then, about two months later, the environment temperature and time are appropriate, and I circle the lake three times, Of course, the pace is not worth mentioning, but you can feel your progress is amazing.
Then I also have this experience from the recent month's learning and exercise, that is, slowly, your brain's impatience can continue to grow longer and longer, but this is a bit different from running. It seems that the brain's progress can not be quantified. I can run 12 kilometers in two months of running, which is properly explained by data. I have been studying English for a month. It seems that I haven't seen much improvement in my ability. Maybe I have, but I can't quantify it. My brain doesn't know how it is doing, so this is a problem.
Another point is that it takes a long time for ordinary people to master some skills. It takes roughly ten years for us to recall the process of learning our mother tongue, from babbling, to being able to jump out a word or two, to being able to say simple sentences, to being able to master grammar and write simple articles, I remember that when I was in the third grade, I was able to write a composition. This was because I was immersed in my mother tongue. So I tried to learn a second language two days a day, two years a year. For ordinary people like us, it may be difficult, and we can't have so much time and energy in adulthood. We just have interests, needs Life driven learning, and the brain is not sensitive to this slow changing process, so we often give up unconsciously. For example, we boil a pot of water, and each time when the water is 80 or 90 degrees, the fire is cut off, so that we can never get boiling water.
That is to say, if we do not have the determination to remain faithful, we will never feel that we are suddenly enlightened. In this way, the gas before is burned, and our time before is wasted. From this point of view, we should not evaluate ourselves, but keep a childlike innocence and curiosity about the unknown world, and take the long-term as the unit until we finally get out of the Taoyuan.
I don't know how long it will take, but because time always passes, and we always need to find something to do.
I think of that sentence in the "Basic Law of Genius": consistent efforts, not lazy life!
