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I live in a wonderfully walkable tiny university town. I let my driver’s license expire a year ago and walk everywhere. My productivity went up noticeably. In
by Nevermark 3y ago
I live in a wonderfully walkable tiny university town. I let my driver’s license expire a year ago and walk everywhere.
My productivity went up noticeably.
Interesting fact: 8 miles away is another walkable, extra hilly, tiny university town.
So I tried something crazy.
I bought out Tue & Thu 9am morning massage sessions from my favorite therapist, for two months in advance, in the OTHER college town.
It’s a 3 hour walk. But now, twice a week, I get up at 5am, and put in 6 hours of walking, to get a massage. On top of my other walking.
Productivity went through the roof. I do less, but what I do is so much better planned that progress is on fire.
I am now thinking about how to keep this up through winter.
The physical & mental health benefits are significant. I have lost weight, sleep better, clearer mind, more ideas, less anxiety …
- brutusborn 3y agoDo you listen to music or podcasts? I love long walks and a podcast but it doesn’t clear the mind quite like a plain walk just listening to the world.
- Nevermark 3y agoI sometimes listen to music, but usually listen to the quiet. :)
- zekrioca 3y agoWhy is that crazy?
- naruhodo 3y agoWhen you feel pressure to get things done, committing 6 hours to just walking seems like a crazily inefficient use of time if all you want is exercise. Very interesting though.
- bmacho 3y agoIt fits the sharpening-the-ax idea, usually misattributed to Abraham Lincoln [0] : > If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I would spend 6 of those hours sharpening my axe. In this case you are the ax, that you should spend a considerable amount of time of your workhours to keep sharp. [0] : https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/03/29/sharp-axe/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/03/29/sharp-axe/
- DoreenMichele 3y agoIf you keep it up, you might get faster and then maybe your long walk to get a massage becomes more sustainable, perhaps even in winter.
- Nevermark 3y agoMy 20 min mile went down to 16 min pretty quick!