As I mentioned in my post at the time, when I was in Halifax for the Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada conference back in June, I did a lot of walking and I really enjoyed the process of getting where I wanted to go on foot.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of opportunities (or time-flexibility!) to walk to my activities on a week to week basis.*
Either my commitments are too close to get much extra exercise in or they are too far to reasonably walk without adding a lot of extra travel time. (If only regular time worked like conference time, hey?)
And yes, I suppose I could just choose to take longer walks some of the time but I can almost guarantee I will talk myself out of that process on a regular basis.
Ideally, I would have a meeting or a class a couple of times a week that was within 45 mins walking distance and I could build my schedule around it, including the walk time.
However, since the ideal situation is not naturally occurring, I have decided to create it myself…
At least once a week, I am going to go on a creativity walk!
I’m going to pick somewhere to walk to where I can read, draw, or write and I am going to shape my schedule so I have plenty of time to get there. And, since I know what my brain gets like, I am also going to create a definite plan for what to do while I’m at my destination and I am going to bring the things I need to be comfortable (a stool or a blanket and some snacks.)
This combination should help my outing feel like a treat rather than an obligation.
I’ll report back once my first creativity walk is complete!
*I don’t count my brief ‘walk to work’ each morning because it’s quite short and that stroll is not really about the exercise, it’s about shaping that part of my day.
