PDY

Happy Sunday. Was supposed to be a rest day, but I instead walked 11 miles up the road. Good decision, this is a happier place. Blisters held up, walk was relatively easy and I’ve had all afternoon to recap the week past. It all still seems a bit surreal, though some of it is as real as it gets! Unfortunately, walking measuring devices all disagree by several percentage points, but according to Maps, I’m 137 miles from Zilker Park! It feels much much further, and much longer ago than just a week. I’m finding my new time/distance space quite interesting - I’m not thinking so much in minutes anymore - it’s more like 15 minute “chunks” of time. There really is no way to rush this - there is a speed threshold, and that’s a bit strange.

Five years ago, had someone said I would be doing something like this, I would have laughed, and bet everything I owned against myself. I think everyone that knew me back then would agree. And it’s really not something I had thought about before a couple of years ago. I too would have thought it was a crazy idea. But here I am, roughly 6% into a long journey, and I am having the time of my life. With exception of a couple of tense moments, and a little heat issue, this week has been incredible. I am saturated with beautiful views, and nice encounters, and fresh air and freedom. I’ve listened to hundreds of songs, really listened, as I walk along waving at my fellow humans. Sound perfect? To me, at this point in my life, it is.

And I’ve got all these statistics from week one. I thought I’d be much more interested, and they are fun to look at, but they are meaningless when compared to the overall experience. We so often get hung up on numbers and facts that we forget to look at the big picture. Kind of fun to know I’ve stepped almost a quarter million steps in the last week, but if I had been focused on that, I would have missed everything else! I will of course keep logging my miles, and keeping track of the mile bank, but it has nothing to do with the miles, it’s what happens during those miles that counts.

I’ll spend some time on this tomorrow, but for now I just want to enjoy my Sunday. I’ve been going 24/7, thinking non-stop, worrying a little bit, and it’s time to just cool the brain, something we must do regularly, but often forget to do… So tonight I rest, de-tangle and rest not only my body, but me brain as well.

Happy Sunday. Peace.