Awareness of the outside world. Mobile phone PSA. After my phone had a mandatory upgrade, I found my battery not lasting as long. I went thru the settings found all manner of automatic contacts with the mothership. For My Convenience. Rooted them out & turned them off. Voila, better battery life. I had done this already. The PSA is to do it again after an upgrade.
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I used to take walks in the afternoon or evening. [Places and Parks, August Walks II]
I stopped when we started doing a mile with the horses first thing in the morning. I am considering reinstituting evening walks. In addition to, not instead of. Morning walks will continue.
Con, The Physical
Walking I got covered. I do a mile in the morning. I can pop out a leisurely 5K stroll whenever I want. I do not need to walk more.
From a fitness standpoint, I would be better served by putting my time and energy into swimming, rowing, biking, doing tai chi, stretching. Just about anything other than more walking.
Then there is the idea of enlarging my carbon footprint by driving somewhere in order to walk. A ridiculous plan when I have a perfectly suitable space in the pasture.
However
Morning walks are not afternoon walks, for reasons in addition to the obvious.
Pro, The Mental
Evening walks clear my brain. I am not a morning person. In the morning, the brain is mostly vacant.
Morning walks take place in the pasture. No more discovering new places to walk. It was amazing how many new places I could find to fit in a mile. I miss that.
Evening walks are solo. Morning walks are in company. We are thinking about the horses. How are they this morning? How are they moving? How is their attitude? And so on. Back when Mathilda & I did this every day, I could walk along thinking my own thoughts. I can do that with Milton. Not so much with Rodney. Definitely not when the full team is together. [My Two Horses]
Result
Nothing yet. Still pondering.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
I used to think walking was done outdoors only. 5 loops on the (dead end) road was a mile. But the weather doesn’t always allow fresh air strolls.
Reluctant to drive to a separate indoor walking place, I would walk a mile at the Y after a chair yoga class. But that wasn’t daily, not by any stretch.
One day, while talking to a friend recovering from hip surgery, I heard her walker going clump, clump, clump. I was sitting, getting restless. And here she was, walking. Up and down her hallway. So I got up and walked. Amazing.
Pros
I got my walking in but it took no “extra” time.
The weather was irrelevant.
I was able to concentrate on the conversation because I was less fidgety both mentally and physically.
After, I was energized from the endorphins.
Cons
One does need a long hall or a circuit in the house to do this.
Not outdoors so no fresh air.
No casual socializing with neighbors.
As the habit developed, I listened to music or a podcast.
Then I used the time to think out a concern – draft an email, solve a problem, etc.
Now, I use the walk as a meditation, clearing my brain and just walking as if in a labyrinth.
They say walking is the best exercise. Not just for the body but for the brain as well I discovered.
Joan
Excellent points.
That evening walk… I resist it and that’s a pity because I know it works wonders on my mood and health, etc.
Somehow I seem to have failed to log on till after posting. Living things backward?
Evening walks are too much people compared to (with?) walking on the beach in the morning?
Living backward or diving right in?