Efficient Walking

 

8/1/25 Green Lake

8/5/25 Green Lake (experiment with a primary triad)

My mission this summer was to incorporate as much of my fitness walking as possible into my other routines and activities so that I could reduce the amount of time I spent purely on self-care. Doing nothing but walking around my ‘hood for an hour a day is a significant time commitment, even when I enjoy it, and even if I can squeeze in a sketch. But with a little planning, I figured out ways to put more walking into whatever else I was doing. For example, if I parked a half-mile away from a destination, that’s a full mile round trip. Timewise, it’s still the same as walking around my ‘hood aimlessly, but somehow it feels more productive. Bonus: I saw more neighborhoods.

The downside was that since those walks had firm destinations and sometimes time constraints, I didn’t sketch as much while doing those walks; hence, most of the sketches shown here were on my usual home turf.

8/5/25 Green Lake

8/5/25 Green Lake

8/16/25 Maple Leaf

8/19/25 Maple Leaf

9/8/25 Green Lake

9/15/25 Maple Leaf (As I was sketching these brilliant birches, I witnessed a rear-ending at the same intersection where I sketched on Aug. 16, sitting on the same bench outside Cloud City. The victim pulled over and assumed the driver behind him would pull over, too -- but the latter drove off. The victim examined his bumper; the damage didn't look too bad from where I sat.)