Take a Walk Today

Actually you should take a walk everyday.  On each of your walks, look for the following things...

• Instead of taking the same route everyday, take a different route for each walk.
• Walk at different times during the day.
• Walk during different types of weather (sun, rain, snow, etc).
  
• Look for different types of water sources (lake, stream, water outlets on the side of commercial buildings, etc).
• Look for a variety of food sources in season (wild nut trees, neighbor's garden, fruit trees, etc).
• Walk around a block, memorize as many things as you can (cars, license plates, house numbers, color of houses, etc) then walk around the block again and note how many things you remembered correctly.
• Look for things you could scavenge in an emergency (discarded plastic water bottle, coins, broken glass, discarded clothing, etc).
• Look for anything you could use as a weapon if needed (rocks, sticks, a hand full of sand, etc).
• Change up the location of your walks (urban areas, suburbs, wilderness, etc).
• Change up the difficulty of your walks (flat, hilly, mountainous, paved paths, gravel trails, etc).
• Build your walk kit and refine it with each walk (water bottle, daypack, mini medical kit, etc).
• After several walks, invest in better shoes and socks (my favorites are Merrell or Brooks shoes and Darn Tough socks).
• Challenge yourself with increasing distance, walking daily without breaking the streak, etc.
• Regularly walk wearing packs of different weights (this is great practice for future backpacking trips and also great practice in the event of an emergency bugout).
• Notice things about the homes you pass on your walks (who has a gun safe in their garage, who has a workshop in their garage, which houses seem to be abandoned, etc).
• Refine the clothing you wear on your walks (try out sun-protective clothing, determine the best rain jacket for your needs, etc).
• Expand to different types of walks--backpacking, walking half or whole marathons, take walking vacations, etc.