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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T23:22:39.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Atomic Habits by James Clear",
    "/now",
    "marginal gains"
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  "textContent": "That's right.\n\nI am a walker. Or at least that's what I keep reminding myself.\n\nPhoto by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels\n\nWith Atomic Habits by James Clear now fully read (which means I need to find a new book & update /now), I decided the one habit I'd commit to as part of my habit building journey was walking.\n\nSo I am a walker.\n\nWait. I read the book and know I should make clear my intentions so that is obvious.\n\nI will **GO FOR A WALK** in the **MORNING** around the **NEIGHBOURHOOD** after **I WAKE UP MY DAUGHTER FOR SCHOOL** and **GO FOR A SECOND WALK** in the **EVENING** after I **FINISH DINNER**.\n\nThere we go.\n\nIf you've made it to this point, I imagine some of you would look at this goal of going for daily walks (that's right... walks... not just one... two) as low-hanging fruit. And arguably, it probably is.\n\nYet over the past couple decades I've found myself become increasingly sedentary, choosing to park myself on the couch to watch the latest episode of **The Pitt** (great show if I can say) over going for a healthy walk to wrap up the evening. This in turn led to some stiff joints, back pain, and an increasing body mass... which in turn led to some stiff joints, back pain...\n\nYou get the picture.\n\nUntil now.\n\nSince Tuesday last, I've gone for daily walks of twenty minutes or more each. And while my body is a bit angry, and the joints a bit stiff, that back pain I suffered from? Gone.\n\nThe increasing body mass? Shrinking.\n\nI feel good.\n\nEarly in the book, James Clear shares the story of how marginal gains over time can become something more significant. And in this message, I decided that taking just one step today and two steps tomorrow, three steps the next, and so on was something I could accomplish.\n\nAnd here I am.\n\nI am a walker.\n\nIf there's something you want to do, or better yet need to do, just do it. Take that step. Take that plunge. Write that story. Sing that song.\n\nYou can be a walker too.\n\nYou already are.",
  "title": "I Am A Walker"
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