I have been struggling in addressing my personal fitness for a significant part of the year. Ideas with regarding taking up jogging have came and went. I just cannot seem to get up in the morning early enough to go out before work and am too tired after work. I have considered buying a running machine, however I remember my previous attempts when upon purchasing one out in the UAE the most exercise it ever saw was the two blokes who had the unfortunate job of carrying it up the stairs. I just seem unable to make much in the way of progress. The want, or mind, is there however the motivation, the heart, isn’t.
That was until the other morning, when I decided to park my car on the other side of the school campus due to attending an event in the evening at that side of the school and wanting to leave directly from there. The walk across the school took around 10 minutes and according to my phone accounted for around 850 steps, most of which being uphill. Then it hit me, here was an easy solution at least to make some progress towards improved fitness; to park at the other side of school every morning and walk across the campus. This would amount to regular exercise without have much of a significant impact on my working day. Yes I would need to get up slightly earlier however it would also give me the opportunity to network with colleagues who I suspect would be around campus in the mornings, as well as allowing me to take in the lovely grounds of the school. I would be getting exercise, appreciating the surroundings and also improving my overall visibility and presence on site.
So there we have it; a little thing in parking across school, which could make a big difference. I suppose, if I am being honest, this is easy enough now however the challenge will be whether I can keep it up when the winter weather returns!
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