I have a dog with a bad
habit. She is an early riser. For the most part, I am, too, but she and I
have slightly different definitions of “early.”
If I am very, very lucky, she lets me sleep in until 6.
Because I strive to be a
make-lemonade kind of person, my dog’s bad habit has led to my personal daily
minimum exercise. She and I have to go
for a walk. We spend about half an hour
trekking to 7-Eleven to buy a newspaper and coming back. It gets me close to the recommended 30
minutes per day of moderate cardio and my normal running around takes care of
any minutes that I miss.
We all have ways we can
essentially automate our lowest bar for exercise. Those of us who are not blessed with an early-rising
dog may have to make a rule about having to walk to get that special coffee in
the morning or about which parking place to choose or maybe even how many items
we carry up and down the stairs at a time.
This makes it possible to
focus our dedicated exercise time on the stuff that is harder to automate, like
lifting weights or working flexibility and balance.
We can do this. Also, I am happy to lend out my dog.
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