Last week, I decided to get off my derrière and start bringing some activity in this quarantine life of mine. Each morning, before work at home begins, I rise and hit the pavement, taking an hour and a half to promenade around my sprawling neighborhood. Here are some itemized thoughts and comments about this routine:
- I love it. Walking has always been my favored pastime; it both clears my thoughts and engenders them, allows for prayer and reflection, and gets me outside and breathing in the beauty of nature. Did you know that your Square Peg is a nature lover? I am. Nope, not into anything that crawls and flies, but I usually stand in wonder of greenery and babbling brooks and flowers and all of it.
- I spoke here about fitness in a time of quarantine. Walking has allowed me to get moving. I’m happy about this. I feel great, despite all the achiness of this body in its fourth decade. Enter Aspercreme. Does wonders. Get into it.
- If there were no quarantine or pandemic and I was physically at work at every day, I’d still be walking. Either on the treadmill at my office or around our massive campus. So this was a nice way to bring back an aspect of my daily routine.
- I’ve been getting in some miles, y’all. Deserves a woo hoo.
- Despite #4, what I love about all this walking is that I go at my own pace. I move as I like (read: not speedy or fast) and I deliberately take in the surroundings of my aesthetically pleasing community. It’s been great to get to know the area and to greet other walkers with a nod as we pass each other by.
- I have my mask with me, by the way.
Speaking of masks, here are some other things I have with me each morning:
- An awesomely motivating playlist that I created on Spotify
- A bottle of water
- Sunglasses, since despite my early walking time, the sun here in the Lone Star State is typically operating at 1 billion degrees at all hours of the day
It’s been refreshing, and I’m glad I can say that in light of all the general craziness around us. What have you been doing to remain refreshed and rejuvenated amidst this new normal? Share, if you can.
Onwards…
This Square Peg. 
I love this! Walking is so underrated. I took a walk to my parents house the other day when my tire was flat and I felt sooo refreshed I was mad I hadn’t been doing this all along during quarantine as I’ve mostly been in a slump.
Your point on aspercreme is noted too because my body has been a bit achy as I’ve just entered my thirties last year and felt it ugh
The quarantine slump is real, so I totally understand. It’s been nice to break up the monotony. Thanks for reading!