There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for pitches you can hit. The bat speed isn't what it used to be. You make up for it by using your head, working counts, getting ahead in counts and getting pitches to hit and hitting them hard.
I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final.