My main purpose for writing this blog was to help me put things back into focus. If you have been following along then you some idea of where I am currently in my life. I have some “stuff in the basement” as Rocky Balboa would say.
While I don’t think that 12 rounds in a boxing ring will sort things out for me, I have found that a good long walk often helps.
I walk just about 5 KM a day, 6 days a week, unless the weather doesn’t co-operate. I have a couple of different routes that I take just to mix things up. They are circular routes that keep me close to home in case something goes wrong. My medical condition has made me prone to tripping on uneven surfaces. My feet have become adept at finding every uneven surface on the planet. I’ve spent so much time on the ground I should become a geologist.
Still I enjoy my time out walking. At the start I’m running back over the events of the day. I feel all the mental stress of the day. I also feel all the physical pain and stiffness. Over the course of the walk things begin to fall into their place.
I sort out the things that happened. I put them into little piles. Things that need sorting tomorrow; things that need sorting by the end of the week; things that I should just discard completely.
My physical pain sorts itself out over the course of the walk too. My joints loosen up and the stiffness subsides. I’m usually moving pretty good in the middle portion of my stroll.
At this stage the walk is working its magic. All is right with the universe and I am focused on the walk. Simply moving forward, one foot in front of the other. The sounds of my footsteps and my breathing and not much else.
It’s great place.
The finish line inevitability comes into view and I am usually glad to see it. By the end I realize I am old and not in the best shape so I need to stop and rest for a bit. But I have sorted through some things and reached some sort of ‘Nerd-Zen” space.
Have I solved all my problems… No. Can I make it through the next day. Yes. Yes I can!
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