Monday, November 1, 2010

Day 21 - What is the magic number

I heard somewhere that it took six weeks to break a habit, and another study shows on average it takes 66 days to form a habit. The study does say that it isn't that precise, it can take for some items 18 days to 254 days. So what am I trying to do break a habit or form a new habit?

How long will it take me to be able to walk 20 miles. How long will it take to walk the 20 miles? Will I be able to do it by March 3? Presently I am walking about 2.5 miles an hour, so right now it would take 8.5 hours to walk 20 miles --BUT that doesn't take into account fatigue.

And when it is over - do I stop walking having achieved my goal? Do I always need some goal to keep me physically active. How long does that take? That I wouldn't need a goal to keep me going? At least for now I think I do, so now I have to look for something else after the walk hmm I wonder what it will be.

2 comments:

  1. Ok, this is either good news or bad news, depending on how you look at it. After you've been walking for a while (I don't know, maybe a year or something) or doing other strenuous exercise, you will find that you *must* continue to keep your mood high. That's because exercise improves your mood and you become addicted to that improvement. Watch out!

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  2. Whitemop says you'll be talking 10 miles in the very near future as we go from Ocean Beach to the "big rock" at low tide!

    Go Giants - on, they already did!

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