“Don't trust an idea that has not come to mind while walking.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
If you want to optimize your walking routine, read this:
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—Friedrich Nietzsche
If you want to optimize your walking routine, read this:
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I’m breaking down the benefits of long walking in three parts: Mental, Physical, Spiritual.
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Instructions:
-aim for at least 30 minutes. Or, 2-3 miles.
-no phone
-notebook optional, smoking, too
Mental
-When you walk for at least 30 minutes brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein, gets released in the brain.
This literally makes you FEEL good.
-aim for at least 30 minutes. Or, 2-3 miles.
-no phone
-notebook optional, smoking, too
Mental
-When you walk for at least 30 minutes brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein, gets released in the brain.
This literally makes you FEEL good.
Lessens brain fog, you think more clearly. Walking is the ultimate cognitive booster.
-Purposeful Long Walks are perfect for generating IDEAS.
Turn phone off. Restore dopamine receptors. Unclutter your mind. Take a small pocket sized notebook with you, and a pen.
-Purposeful Long Walks are perfect for generating IDEAS.
Turn phone off. Restore dopamine receptors. Unclutter your mind. Take a small pocket sized notebook with you, and a pen.
Usually, I get one idea, per walk. One big idea.
Don’t force the idea, they come in an Eureka type fashion. Like an epiphany. This is due to what they call “incubation period”.
Don’t force the idea, they come in an Eureka type fashion. Like an epiphany. This is due to what they call “incubation period”.
When you’ve been working on problem(s), the solution presents itself, magically, when you don’t work on it — in this case, take a long walk.
-Purposeful Long walks are excellent for peak performance.
It’s a system.
-Purposeful Long walks are excellent for peak performance.
It’s a system.
Schedule it during a fixed time of the day — time block it. This way the system is automated, habitualized. You don’t have to think about it. You move it from the front part of the brain (the prefrontal cortex [PFC]), to the back part of the (limbic/lizard) brain.
Rituals are important if you're doing cognitively demanding work. Which is not a very natural state for the human mind, which creates resistance often. This resistance is expressed in thinking HARD, expending useful ENERGY.
That’s why you must have a Transition Ritual.
That’s why you must have a Transition Ritual.
There are two styles of effective rituals to transition into deepwork, and those properties are time and location.
So a good deep work ritual has some form of consistency of time: “So this is when I do it. First thing in the morning.”
So a good deep work ritual has some form of consistency of time: “So this is when I do it. First thing in the morning.”
And then the location is the other: “I go to this place, to do this work.”
*Shift your mindset, by transitioning to this place*
If the location stays the same, sometimes location means temporarily transit to another location, to shift your mindset.
*Shift your mindset, by transitioning to this place*
If the location stays the same, sometimes location means temporarily transit to another location, to shift your mindset.
The biggest example is going for a long walk. Say to yourself: I’m going to walk on THIS route, every time I’m going to start my particularly cognitive demanding work.
Charles Darwin used to do this. He’d go for a walk on his estate outside of London.
Charles Darwin used to do this. He’d go for a walk on his estate outside of London.
He built a sandpath on that land, and he’d walk a certain amount of circuits every day. To help shift his mind into work mode.
Deep work rituals:
You either go to a place you only do deep work in.
Or, you transit to a place, through a particular long walk that puts you in the deep work mindset.
You either go to a place you only do deep work in.
Or, you transit to a place, through a particular long walk that puts you in the deep work mindset.
Physical
-Utilize the Recovery Walk, when resting from lifting, as a form of active rest.
-Cover 2 - 3 miles (60 -90 min walks) for leaning out.
-Utilize the Recovery Walk, when resting from lifting, as a form of active rest.
-Cover 2 - 3 miles (60 -90 min walks) for leaning out.
Do this for a month, you’ll see results. Walk for one month: 30*2 = 60 miles, which is more than a marathon.
Spiritual
Walk near Green (parks/forests/plants/flowers) or Blue (water).
-Green. Practice The Ancient Japanese Art of Shinrin Yoku. Forest Bathing.
Spiritual
Walk near Green (parks/forests/plants/flowers) or Blue (water).
-Green. Practice The Ancient Japanese Art of Shinrin Yoku. Forest Bathing.
The chemical and science explanation:
Trees give off chemicals called phytoncides, which they use to ward off disease and insect attack. This is good for us, too.
Trees give off chemicals called phytoncides, which they use to ward off disease and insect attack. This is good for us, too.
Two hours walking in the forest is thought to be more beneficial than antidepressants, with the effect lasting up to 30 days
Other than that, seeing the color Green boosts creativity, and just watching nature/plants has been tied to longevity, and good for the immune system.
Other than that, seeing the color Green boosts creativity, and just watching nature/plants has been tied to longevity, and good for the immune system.
-Blue. Walk near water. Famous thinkers and top performers all have philosophies related to water. Be like water, Bruce Lee. Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Bushido. Musashi, Da Vinci.
Water has an inherent cooling effect.
Water has an inherent cooling effect.
When you immerse yourself in the waves, you experience Oneness with Nature, The Universe. You experience Vastness. Awareness. Mindfulness.
“Nature never hurries, yet everything is completed.”
— Tao te Ching
“Nature never hurries, yet everything is completed.”
— Tao te Ching
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