Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.
if you can’t exercise, that for me walking daily for at least an hour has made an improvement on my life.
This is still exercise. That’s over 30 km of walking per week assuming a roughly average speed. It’s mild-intensity exercise that doesn’t target all muscle groups, but it’s nevertheless exercise. If you’re walking outdoors, that’s another factor that can help depression.
That seems like a pretty unhealthy perspective. It reads as though the speaker is so unhappy in some way that they cannot stand to simply sit with themself and hear their own thoughts. As though they have to run away from thoughts that trouble them and can never have the peace that comes from confronting them.
And yes, I know who Kierkegaard is and I am in fact a bit of a fan. The above is just what I thought while reading this. I imagine it comes from perspective based in mindfulness, wherein you learn to let your thoughts come, acknowledge them, and let them go without suffering.
I do agree with the point he was aiming to make, though.
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I wasa literally going to comment that if you can’t exercise, that for me walking daily for at least an hour has made an improvement on my life.
Both my body and my mind have improved. It’s not a runners or heavy lift “high” but more like a fog of the mind is gently lifted.
This is still exercise. That’s over 30 km of walking per week assuming a roughly average speed. It’s mild-intensity exercise that doesn’t target all muscle groups, but it’s nevertheless exercise. If you’re walking outdoors, that’s another factor that can help depression.
Walking is exercise though no? Gotta start somewhere, but every step counts :3
I agree. Personally, I find it meditative. Cleansing.
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That seems like a pretty unhealthy perspective. It reads as though the speaker is so unhappy in some way that they cannot stand to simply sit with themself and hear their own thoughts. As though they have to run away from thoughts that trouble them and can never have the peace that comes from confronting them.
And yes, I know who Kierkegaard is and I am in fact a bit of a fan. The above is just what I thought while reading this. I imagine it comes from perspective based in mindfulness, wherein you learn to let your thoughts come, acknowledge them, and let them go without suffering.
I do agree with the point he was aiming to make, though.