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This was the hardest week of my goal to get at least 20,000 steps every day for a year with no breaks. I encountered three brick walls…three obstacles should have ended this challenge, but didn’t because of what happened in August. That was the month before I began on September 1st. What happened in August kept […]

Last Tuesday I took a walk at 2:07p. I needed steps. Sure, there are always benefits to moving more and sitting less. But, if I didn’t have a goal of reaching 20,000 steps every single day for a year with no break I would not have been out on a walk. Four days later, on

Do my steps count if I forget to wear my Fitbit? No. Oh, sure my body gets the aerobic benefit whether or not there’s a Fitbit on my wrist, but the steps don’t count towards my daily goal of 20,000 if they don’t show up on my Fitbit. I have a friend who is also

It’s the saddest day of the year. I’ve tried different ways to avoid the sadness. I’ve tried Jedi mind tricks. I’ve tried skipping the day altogether. I even tried a designing a new kitchen to blunt the emotional impact of this annual sadness. Yet, nothing worked. Until recently. The sadness started 17 years ago. That’s

“How do you get all those steps?” I hear that question a lot. I didn’t have an answer I really liked until this week. That feels kinda dumb since you’d think I would have thought this through a bit more before going public with my 20k One Year Step Challenge on September 1. My answer