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Just keep on walking
After an eventful end to 2025 and start of 2026, I finally was able to get back to walking. I passed on January 1 as there was a haze that blanketed our area. That was due to the fireworks. With more residents in our village and surrounding areas, there has been an increase in fireworks users the past few years. Last weekend, it was nice to have better air quality for my morning walks.
My average step count decreased last year due to a variety of factors including weather. I intend to start strong again this January and hopefully be able to sustain this for the year. It’s really a good thing for my health and wellbeing. And it’s something I would strongly recommend for others- be more active. Set some time for walking whether it’s in the morning, noon or evening.
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Early morning walks
I’ve been waking up earlier so I can do my morning walks before leaving to drop off our daughter to school. These days, what were bright mornings at 5:30 AM are now dark. The nights are longer as we approach December. Here is the view along my walking route.
Unlike previous mornings when I can do at least 3 rounds along my usual route, I now can only do at most 2 rounds. I guess I have to wake up earlier to add 1 or 2 rounds. Afternoons to evenings are usually rainy and prevents me from walking. I treat this as a bonus if ever we are able to take afternoon or evening walks.
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On the ‘silent walk’
My first post this May is an article share on what is referred to now as a ‘silent walk’. That means leaving your gadget at home or work to take walk whether in park, the city or your neighborhood. We all seem to be dependent on our gadgets these days, with many panicking when discovering they left their gadget. It’s as if their world has stopped without the gadget at hand.
Bull, M. (April 30, 2025) “The power of a “silent walk”,” Medium, https://blog.medium.com/the-power-of-a-silent-walk-93ffdd70dbcb [Last accessed: 02/05/2025]
To quote from the article:
“For many of us who rely on laptops, phones, and apps throughout the day, it can be easy to reach for those same devices when we need to relax — if they solve our productivity issues, the thinking goes, they must solve our stress, too. But just as spending the first hour of your day screen free will have an outsize effect on your inner peace, leaving the phone and headphone at home while you head out for a walk will return you to a saner place in record time.”
Granted that you bring your gadget for ’emergency purposes’, perhaps the key is not using it. Keep it in your pocket. Refrain from checking or glancing at the slightest temptation. It may be difficult at first but it will gradually build into your routine. And perhaps, too, you will feel a bit of liberation from these gadgets and reconnect with the world around you to help your well-being.
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Caught (up) in traffic 