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Me & My Shadow

It’s our brand new year, Reader, and we are all excited to greet 2017 and see a clean slate in front of us! Time to get our shit together.

My word for the year is “Doing.”

Yep, I’m one of those insufferable resolvers who decides on a word to motivate my behavior for the year. 2016’s word was “Discipline,” but I found that really hard to achieve because I lack discipline. A total Catch 22 and a dumb word because it was too loose for interpretation, and I could too easily find loopholes in my own goal word.

So this year, Doing. Action word vs. some vague concept. I know how to “do.” Thinking of going for a walk? Don’t think, do. You see how that works? Easy.

And the sun was shining in Cleveland on New Year’s Day, and my new resolve of “Doing” was super-fresh as it’s still the very first day of the new year and I’m not disgusted yet with resolution-making. I slipped on my sneakers to go for a walk around the block.

Two exciting things about that sentence.

#1, I can slip on sneakers. On both feet.

#2, in November I was only able to walk to the house next door.  So attempting a walk around the block? Was a big leap in progress.

My little pal Gussy was super-excited to have company outside and wanted to join me on my stroll.

Except his idea of a walk starts with rubbing against your legs as you start to move.

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And then he begins wending his way between your legs.

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Two more steps forward, and he starts his “drop, flop and roll” routine, which is frankly adorable when it’s not being trip-ie.

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After enough belly scratches, he decides it’s time to get on with the walk.

He picks himself up.

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He chooses a side.
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Changes his mind and switches over.
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And we find our cadence.

And that’s why a walk around the block takes a half hour instead of fifteen minutes. But exercise is always better with a friend.

 

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