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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. Got ready to go walk today and was reminded that the stinky dumpster under our place wasn’t emptied yesterday. Now the lids were propped out with more trash bags, and the smell had complete freedom around our place. So I pulled
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I got up today and decided to walk before breakfast. I realized I had not done that before. Then, as usual, I catastrophized the idea. “Will I have enough sustenance to make it?” Then I thought, of course I will. I skipped
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I headed out today a bit excited. Today was supposed to be the day that the first trail head was open. But as I first got started, I already had a “sticker” of some sort in my sock. In my youth, I
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. Today was the first time I walked to try and calm down my anxiety. I don’t know if it was playing the video game too long, or any other reason, but the pressure and anxiety was high. So I decided to
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I left thinking nothing would happen. That I wouldn’t have anything to write about. Which felt fine. I put on headphones. Skipped the fanny pack this time. Started walking. I headed toward the path I found from the second trailhead. As
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. Before I left, I made a decision. I was going to wear weights on my wrists. Not to do anything specific. Just to add something. My legs feel stronger now. My breathing feels easier. My upper body… not as much. I didn’
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I went out today planning to take the second trailhead. Walk it back toward the closed one. See if there was a way through. Before I even got there, something caught my attention. A balcony with t-shirts hanging over the railing. Not
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I went out today without a reason. Just something to do. I thought I would let my legs walk. Random music. No intent. No exploring. Just movement for a bit. I started on the hill near our place. The same one I
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I layered up today before heading out. It was colder than almost any day this past winter. I didn’t mind. Cool air without wind feels easier. I planned to walk past the still closed trailhead and go to the other entrance.
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I walked like a kid today. Not completely. Just enough to notice the difference. I went out the same way I usually do. Same trail. Same start. But I didn’t move the same way. There was no distance in mind. No
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I had an idea before I went out today. Same path. Same walk. But this time, with music. The kind I used to listen to as a teenager. Back when it was always attached to me somehow. Walkman. iPod. Headphones with a
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Unforced Movement Moving without trying to improve anything. I went out today without anything in mind. No music. No version of myself to step into. Just the walk. At the start, something familiar showed up. A past moment turning into a future “what if.” It started building the way it