Instead of walking, I bike.
How to Walk (12 miles a day)
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#72As for safety, always look left and right when you cross, just like how your were probably taught as a child, really . Because of today's rise of mostly silent electric vehicles, and because of drivers distracted by phones sometimes, you should not cross "by hear", if it ever was a good idea (I used to do that), even if you have the green light . Be extra cautious if a large truck or bus blocks your view. Remove your…
>As for safety, always look left and right when you cross * or right and left, if you're in the UK
or Ireland, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Malta, Cyprus, Kenya...
Re: How to Walk (12 miles a day)
#73As for safety, always look left and right when you cross, just like how your were probably taught as a child, really . Because of today's rise of mostly silent electric vehicles, and because of drivers distracted by phones sometimes, you should not cross "by hear", if it ever was a good idea (I used to do that), even if you have the green light . Be extra cautious if a large truck or bus blocks your view. Remove your…
I would add that absolutely do not cross if a car has stopped at a stop sign UNLESS you have an explicit signal from the driver. Most drivers have an almost instinctual stop & go at such stop signs and not in response to seeing a pedestrian. Always wait for the driver to see you and have a nod with them so you are sure they have stopped for you.
My girlfriend used to smirk and roll her eyes at me when I would stop and stare at drivers and wave to them when we would cross in front of them at crosswalks and stop signs and wait for them to wave back, until someone almost ran us over the one time I didn't. Now she's a waver like me.
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#74Look up the word flâneur (or flaneur if the accent is a problem). Nessim Nicholas Taleb describes himself as one.
We have a guy in Chicago named Joseph Kromelis. He's been walking the city day in and day out since the early 1970s at least. All day, every day. Not homeless or mentally ill or anything, just likes to walk.
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#75I walked 100km in one day(22 hours) around Vancouver last month for fun, its feels strange have walking develop into a deep hobby.
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#76Put one foot in front of the other.
Pretty sure thats a good way to trip and fall. Need some variation on the other axes too.
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#77During my time as a producer at a game studio, the office was located in a little business park surrounded by grass and rivers and small lakes, with lots of wildlife and some hiking trails. We had a tradition of going out on walks every day before/after lunch, usually a couple loops around the park. I made a point of going every time because I found that lots of conversations would happen naturally during the walk an…
> I found that lots of conversations would happen naturally during the walk and some of them helped me identify process issues that weren't being addressed or discussed yet
I stepped up to a line manager role (to cover someone for maternity leave) so that I was suddenly line-managing my peers. We had always gone for walks at lunchtime and we very quickly evolved the convention that conservations during the walk were with 'old me' vs those in the office that were with 'manager-me'. This allowed me to vent as well, given that we all a fairly cynical non-corporate bunch.
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#78> Now that I am close to sixty, this is a really big deal, and partly why I walk. It is the least injury-prone exercise.
I’d say biking is (in the right environment). It’s certainly easier on the knees than walking.
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#79Great article hashing out the details of implementing regular long walks as a habit. However, it would be cool if there was a way to get paid for walking. That would motivate a lot more people, even if it is minimal pay. Walk-to-earn crypto game anyone?
Walking is great for your general health, so in a way you're getting paid in health credits.
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#80I used to ride bicycle with my friend a few times every week 10 years ago. Now it's a distant dream. Both of us have families and full time job so barely getting enough sleep. Weekends are usually spent on chores or personal projects that never get finished. Those were the good days.
Amen brother. I walk about an hour a day, most every day, and do some light weights. It's the perfect amount of clear-your-head-and-think time for me, and makes me feel tons better. But it's a tradeoff about what doesn't get done (or that I push off on my wife & family) because I do it. The theme some folks in this thread are pushing that "oh, just take 3-4 hours a day...no big deal anyone can do that...you have nothing more important to do" is seriously defective.