IT ALL BEGAN FOR ME WITH A one-year public commitment to walk 20,000 steps a day, and to share my step count, a daily photo and my insights on Facebook and Instagram.
I wanted to encourage and motivate others to do the same, so I started a blog and kicked it off with that splashy commitment. The thing is, I had already been doing 20,000 steps a day for six months, and would continue for another year after it ended.
My journey started in the middle of March 2018, and in those two-and-a half-years to August 31, 2020, I learned a great deal.
ONE THE IMPORTANCE OF A PRE-DECISION TO COMMIT
I made a pivotal decision before starting: Whatever was going on in my life that day, I would always reach 20,000 steps.
It meant I didn't wake up wondering how many steps I'd take; I just figured out how to achieve it. Even on tough days, like when my wife had breast cancer surgery, I found myself pacing the hospital's parking garage.
There was only one day, around six months in, that I was five steps short of 20,000. I didn't realize until weeks later and I think it was simply that I forgot to check my steps before I went to bed.
KEEPING COUNT The 10,000 steps target seems to have come from the name of a Japanese pedometer which then stuck and became a global goal.
この記事は Newsweek US の March 01 - 08, 2024 (Double Issue) 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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この記事は Newsweek US の March 01 - 08, 2024 (Double Issue) 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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