I didn't walk yesterday. It was Sunday, my legs were actually sore, and after a week with four 10,000 step days and one that almost hit 12,000, I decided resting was the smartest thing I could do for the week ahead. So this Monday I'm picking up right where the walking pad left off, and my focus is simple: get on the walking pad every single night this week.
If you've been here since October, you know the walking pad and I have a history. There was the week I walked past it like it was furniture somebody else bought, and the week my whole focus was five minutes a day. Then last week, with my laptop on the desk and the speed at a very slow 1.5, it finally started to feel like something I just do instead of something I have to talk myself into, including Saturday night at almost eleven o'clock because I was not about to let 10,000 slip away over a thousand steps. I don't want to lose that now that it's working.
Ten thousand is the goal. Getting on the walking pad every night is the habit.
The number isn't the whole focus
I would love to hit 10,000 every day, and that's still what I'm aiming for. But if I land anywhere between 8,000 and 10,000, I'm calling that a good day, because the thing I'm actually protecting this week is the nightly walk. The number is going to have off days, and the habit is what's still there when it does.
This week, any of these count:
The 10,000 day. The goal, hit, and I'll probably tell you about it.
The 8,000 day. Still a good day, not a near miss.
The tired night. I get on the walking pad anyway, even if my number for the day isn't where I wanted it.
Getting on the walking pad on the tired night counts more than 10,000 on the easy one.
Resting isn't ghosting
It's week two of No Ghosting November, and I thought about that a lot yesterday when I sat out the walk. Taking a day because my legs needed it isn't disappearing on the habit. It's taking care of it, so I can actually show up for it tonight, and tomorrow night, and the night after that.
And showing up in HQ
The other half of my week is just being there. Opening HQ every day, checking in, and being present in it even on the days I'd rather skip, because that's where my plan and my check-in already live, and it makes the rest of the day so much easier to stay with. Like I said yesterday, I'm not adding anything new this week. I'm just showing up for the two things that are already working.
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Inside this thread
How I'm making the nightly walk actually happen, and what I'm doing while I walk.
Why 8,000 is my floor, and why I'm not treating it like a consolation prize.
What showing up in HQ looks like for me on a full school week.
Your focus for the week, with a copy and paste line for the comments.
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