My Big Walk - An Hour a Day for a Year
Laurie is celebrating a big birthday year by walking for an hour a day, every day of the year. She blogs daily about her walks at My Big Walk. She had dreamed of a month-long walking adventure in Europe. But instead, “Rather than making my celebration an adventure apart from my life, I could make it a new venture within my life. And so, My Big Walk was born.”
“Over the years I spent a lot of time with therapists and doctors with varying degrees who by and large taught me that there are few things in life that you can’t get through by simply getting up, getting dressed, and getting on with the day. In other words, put one foot in front of the other and then do it again, and again. If it scares you, do it anyway. If you don’t feel like it, do it anyway. If you’re tired, definitely do it,” Laurie writes on her “About My Big Walk” page.
As Laurie and I both share a big birthday this year, I think she is a kindred soul in so far as walking. We all can find excuses not to walk, but you just have to find an excuse buster that makes you do it anyway. Having a goal you are dedicated to achieving is a great one. It can be walking an hour a day, logging 10,000 pedometer steps each day, or training for a half marathon. It can be a dog or walking buddy that you can’t let down.
Find your motivation and save your life. Laurie will be reducing her health risks by getting the amount of exercise that studies say we all need. How can you motivate yourself to walk?
My Big Walk - An Hour a Day for a Year originally appeared on About.com Walking on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 10:08:58.
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