# Be-ers, and Be-ing (adapting oneself) by Do-ing

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/be-ers-and-be-ing-adapting-oneself-by-do-ing/1016>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/be-ers-and-be-ing-adapting-oneself-by-do-ing/1016 "2017-05-17T21:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/be-ers-and-be-ing-adapting-oneself-by-do-ing/1016/1 "2017-05-17T21:36:28Z")

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Can you have a Be-er MC who sometimes uses physical activities as a way of dealing with their personal issues? **Not as a last resort** but actually as a preference?

What I mean is, a character who uses a physical activity to change / adapt themselves – like running or other exercise as a way to improve one’s mood, stay sane, or think more clearly. So not attempting to change the external world, e.g. not focusing on becoming a faster runner or becoming physically stronger.

One example from a film I’m quite familiar with is Buttercup’s daily ride:

> Despite Humperdinck’s reassurance  
> that she would grow to love him,  
> the only joy she found was in her  
> daily ride.

To me, Buttercup loves her ride; it’s something done preferentially to (temporarily) address her personal problems, but as a Be-er it’s done entirely for internal reasons, to affect herself, to find joy.

Does that make sense?

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**Author:** ![jhull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jhull/32/3_2.png) [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/be-ers-and-be-ing-adapting-oneself-by-do-ing/1016/2 "2017-05-17T23:31:50Z")

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Is the drive to run motivated by an effort to change the external world or change the internal world? In stories, Be-ers often turn to alcohol as a means of changing their internal state. As always it depends on the context, or perspective, you are assigning to the Main Character.

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**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/be-ers-and-be-ing-adapting-oneself-by-do-ing/1016/3 "2017-05-17T23:58:08Z")

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Thanks Jim – that’s exactly what I meant. Alcohol is a great example.

Definitely in the examples I was talking about, the motivation is to change the ‘internal world’ as you put it.