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Just got an email to this brief writing suggestion
which I agree with:
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01-29-2013, 07:10 AM | #2 |
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I live in the bush, does that mean I should go for daily walks in the city?
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01-29-2013, 07:15 AM | #3 |
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Yep, change of taste.
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01-29-2013, 03:01 PM | #4 |
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I would do this everyday... and used to when I lived in a more rural area...
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When I was growing up I would go for long walks in the woods every day. I got Lyme disease before anyone knew what it was. I can still remember the doctor saying, "Well, it's arthritis, so there's no sense giving you antibiotics." My knees are pretty well shot.
The woods are overrated! All snarking aside, I still enjoy long walks. Even when I can't get to more "natural" settings, just walking through nearby suburban neighborhoods recharges my batteries. |
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01-29-2013, 07:13 PM | #6 |
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Cromag, you do have a point. The benefits of woods-walking can be overrated, thankfully we don't have ticks were we live, but closer to coast they can be a real nuisance.
Besides, everyone seems to be forgetting their lessons from childhood: look what happened to poor little red riding hood! And it wasn't much fun for Snow White either. |
01-30-2013, 10:23 AM | #7 |
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When I travel, I walk a lot. Last time I was out of Australia I went to the island of Mull, (Scotland for those unfamiliar) and went on two or three very long cross-country off-road hikes with a small group. Not a lot of forest on Mull, but travelling slowly on foot means to do get to see, smell (and inadvertently put your foot in) all sort of interesting things.
Later I was in Rome, and then later again on the Amalfi coast. Practically went everywhere on foot. Ditto Manhattan years ago (among other things I walked Broadway from Battery point to the Lincoln Centre.) . One of my favourite memories from urban walking was in the London suburb of Hornsey, where I was searching for the Lotus racing car company's first factory, and I walked past the open door of an Indian spice shop. Wow! The fantastic smells that blasted out of that door, absolutely without warning, were unforgettable. Every exotic spice you could imagine, at full strength! Marvellous. Funny thing is, at home I seldom walk far. Age has something to do with it. Also of course I know my own neighbourhood extremely well, and am never likely to get that spice-shop surprise here. But as soon as I'm away from my own stamping ground, walking is my travel mode of choice. |
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I think a change of pace can help shake things up. That might be getting out of the city to the woods, it might be getting out of the woods into the city. |
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I think I do my best thinking when I'm riding on a lawnmower. Strange? Sure, but think about it. You're on the lawnmower, puttering around the yard, for about an hour. Not much to think around, really, except turning the wheel and maybe backing up sometimes. It's a perfect opportunity to get outside and let your mind wander for a bit.
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Yea, I wrote a lot of my first book on the tread mill for the same reason.
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It's not that hard! Honest!
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