If you struggle with staying consistent with exercise, Walking is Fitness can help. This is a daily ten-minute podcast that’ll provide you with a boost of motivation. There’s a new episode every day that Dave records while he’s walking too. Tap here for a quick sample I walk 20,000 steps every day which is about […]
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It was a six-figure job offer in a warm climate. They also were promising flexible scheduling. Sounds pretty appealing, right? I never responded. That email arrived several years ago. I’ve received more offers, since then, for similar jobs with similar pay, but not all of them in warmer states. I haven’t responded to any of
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My wife, Ava, asked why I was in a bad mood. My answer probably did not surprise her. It was another cloudy, cold, windy, and wet day. By the time she asked, though, I was already feeling better. The weather can really drain my happiness. In fact, I’m not sure I was in a BAD
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If Charles Dickens had a Fitbit he would have put more than 20,000 steps on it every day. The man who gave the world Ebenezer Scrooge loved to walk. His passion was fueled by the physical, mental, and emotional benefits. Mr. Dickens and I have some things in common. Our daily step totals are similar.
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I’m pretty sure it’s the thing about me that annoys my wife the most. Our house is littered with unfinished projects. There’s the bedroom downstairs that still doesn’t have floor molding. There’s the hole in the wall I created for a plumbing repair. There are the two pieces of tile I still haven’t replaced when
Mowing grass is instantly gratifying. It only takes a second for the obnoxiously too tall grass in front of my mower to reappear out of the back evenly cut and perfectly short. That’s INSTANT GRATIFICATION! What if it worked a bit differently? What if in the spring when I finally got around to cutting my
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President Harry Truman had a daily step goal. Long before any of us had a Fitbit strapped to our wrist, the president would leave the White House every morning at 7am and walk two miles at a pace of 120 steps per minute. President Truman never walked alone. He always had Secret Service agents with
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While my wife was in surgery, I walked laps around the hospital parking garage. This is the unglamorous part of reaching a goal. The glamorous part is the possibility of transformation. We pick an area of our life we want to change and set a goal. It’s why this time of year can feel so
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I’ve walked at least 20,000 steps every day since March 21, 2018. That’s ten miles a day. On January 1, millions of people began a brand new journey towards fitness. On March 1, millions of people will no longer be on that journey. On January 1, I walked 20,000 steps. On March 1, I will
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I’m pretty sure it happens to everybody. I know it happened to me. I’ll call it “The First Day Fitbit Surprise”. It’s what happens at the end of your very first day with your very first Fitbit. You simply can’t believe how many steps you got. But, not in a good way! For me that
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