I’ve been walking a LOT lately.  Partly because I stopped running and need to do something and partly because I am participating in my work’s step challenge for May.  I won the first week because I pretty much set my mind to winning and I wanted the gift certificate!

Well, I won hands down by a LOT which made me feel happy.  So now I cannot WIN but I’m playing anyway for fun.  In order to motivate myself to keep walking so much, I’ve turned it into a game with myself.  I want to see if I can beat last week’s steps.  I had 103,285 between Monday and Friday last week.  This week it looks like I’ll have no problem beating myself.  Today being Friday is the last day.  I need + 9564 steps to beat last week and so far I have 4,478 in the books.  It looks like it will be another successful week!

I’m reading the book Indestractable and one of the ways they tell you to get rid of distractions is by making a not so fun task fun.  Not necessarily so it’s actually FUN but make it a game of sorts or make it a challenge and it becomes less daunting.  Without a reward behind my efforts this week I had to make it fun by trying to beat myself.  I like a good challenge so I’m up to the task.  The next two weeks might be more difficult but even one step beyond my goal is a win!  it’s all in how you look at it and these days of being in the house all the time, having fun, and finding ways to make the days less monotonous is key!