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The journey of a thousand days (29/04/24)

They say the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For me, that saying has a nice ring to it. But if you have ever tried to walk a thousand miles, there are many many steps between the first one and the step that makes the end of a 1000 mile journey. Interestingly, I feel the magnitude of a thousand miles, because I've been on a little journey myself. I've committed to walking 10,000 steps every day. And for the last thousand days, that is what I have done. It sounds nice. A real achievement. It doesn't reflect the sweat and tears walking every single day. Many worn out shoes. Thousands of hours of podcasts. When I started walking 10,000 steps a day it was the fourth of August 2021. On that day in August, it had been just two months since my dear mother had passed away and I decided to channel the grief and the loss into physical exercise. Don't think I ever intended to walk 10,000 steps every single day for an extended period, but I got some momentum a...