Soccer

You know your are alive when your heart is your throat, all muscles are tense, the ball is in front of you, you look, you shoot and you score!

On Thursdays I play soccer with some Bosnian buddies. I have done it for about a year now and I look forward to it every week. It's just fun to do something that's so radically different. It's a whole new world with other requirements and challenges.

Today we live in a world where we don't need to challenge ourself. Is watching TV really a challenge? Is reading a book really a challenge? No, they are very passive. The work I do, programming, is only challenging for my brain.

But sports, that's another world. For example, in soccer you are forced to react very fast. You are forced to have a good overview and know where your teammates are. You are forced to keep pushing yourself and run like mad. If you don't react fast or you don't run - - then you'll mostly suck at playing soccer. The game enforces a challenge upon you.

Soccer == Fun.