Awareness of the outside world. Lowa UK: 6 Environmental Benefits of Walking. A marketing site, but useful info relevant to today’s post. They want to sell shoes, but they’re not wrong.
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This appeared as a comment last week. It had enough good points that I wanted to rerun it in the main part of the blog. Headers bolded; one added. Welcome Joan. [Second Walk Considerations]
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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.
Result
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
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Virtual Brush Box 
Exactly.
Louise
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This is helpful! Thank you!
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I used to work in an office that was on the four floors with a staircase at each end and a long corridor between them. I used to go to the toilet at mid morning and mid afternoon. So I got in the habit of walking up the stairs to the top floor, go to the loo, then walk along the corridor to the other end, walk down one flight of stairs, walk along the corridor to the other end, down one flight etc., when I got to the ground floor I walked to the end then back up one flight of stairs to the level where I worked. It was great. I did that walk twice a day for months and lost loads of weight.
(Then covid hit and I started working from home full time and never returned to the office! )
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