YOLO

First some pondering on rowing.
As you must know by now, I am first and foremost a rower. What is the goal of rowing? We strive for the "perfect stroke" yet everyone defines a perfect stroke differently. The real goal of rowing in an 8+ is rowing together. Then with less effort from the individual, the shell moves faster.
How do we achieve this?
Well, we row. A lot. but more than that. We strive for constant improvement, constantly fixing that slight overreach, that extra inch you can get. We have coaches, but we can see, granted not much as we are just looking that the back of a persons head. So we hear the boat?... somewhat, we can hear the clink of the oarlock, the splash of the blade entering and exiting, but it takes a back seat, so does vision.
We feel the boat. We feel the surge of the catch, the rush of the slide, the pop of the finish. But this feeling takes concentration and lack of concentration. It takes being in the moment. Not thinking of the next stroke, nor the last, just the current surge, as well as a feel for the tempo, to allow yourself to maybe be one moment in the future, to remain together.
Basically, rowing takes entering a mental place without any thought but the next piece of the stroke, the next step.
The same can be said for running. A marathon is run one step at a time, you just concentrate on everything and nothing. It is the moment. Isn't that part of the idea behind YOLO, you only live once, live in the moment, do what makes you happy.