Friday, August 04, 2017
Extra benefits
In hot summer and cold winter I sometimes entertain a transient thought... Why do all this WALKING? I've still got a license, why not buy a car again?
The answer is always firm and immediate.
WALKING IS SURVIVAL.
Exercise brings physical and EMOTIONAL health. Admittedly last winter's superslippery mountain climbing, "thanks" to the alien hyperevil unnameable Sorosian hypermonsters dysdysdysdysruling this unfortunate totally fucked alleged so-called "city" who refuse to use
on the streets, messed up the physical health part of the argument. A car would have crashed every day, but it would do less harm to me than the daily slipping and falling.
Despite all of that, the EMOTIONAL health of walking is worth it. Exercise always keeps the mind out of the gutter, but more specifically a regular morning neighborhood walk has extra benefits.
When you're in the habit of driving, it's too easy to 'hole up'. You can insulate yourself from contact with humans and Nature. Jump in the car, go to the store, drive back, jump into the cave, hole up.
Walking encourages easy and friendly and non-obligatory contact with other walkers. It's just enough human connection for an introvert, without any of the exclusionary forces in other social environments like sitting alone in a bar or restaurant.
Later note: One more GIANT benefit. Walking grows more neurons in the brain!
on the streets, messed up the physical health part of the argument. A car would have crashed every day, but it would do less harm to me than the daily slipping and falling.
Despite all of that, the EMOTIONAL health of walking is worth it. Exercise always keeps the mind out of the gutter, but more specifically a regular morning neighborhood walk has extra benefits.
When you're in the habit of driving, it's too easy to 'hole up'. You can insulate yourself from contact with humans and Nature. Jump in the car, go to the store, drive back, jump into the cave, hole up.
Walking encourages easy and friendly and non-obligatory contact with other walkers. It's just enough human connection for an introvert, without any of the exclusionary forces in other social environments like sitting alone in a bar or restaurant.
Later note: One more GIANT benefit. Walking grows more neurons in the brain!
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