Walking&thinking - Actifit journals (12.12.2018.)

Hump day? There you go @enginewitty, I used the term… Now you owe me… Crazy Americans and their crazy sayings lol. The first time I heard the term „hump day“, Wednesday was not on my mind and being from Europe and not knowing what the term meant, I could only imagine and letting my imagination go wild is never a good thing. It will either land on sex or the food. I am a simple creature…

Yeah, my first thought was that Americans celebrate humping and I was not even surprised, I guessed that it was a cultural thing or something and respected it as such but then someone explained it how it actually has nothing to do with humping like I was thinking. Luckily for me (or the Americans), I learned that before having a chance to visit America and congratulate them that special holiday. How would I even? Never mind… One day, when I do get the chance to visit America, I will be polite, I promise.

Still no sign of reaching that big 20000 goal but I did came pretty close today. I could almost touch it. Soon, with a little bit of progress every day. Today I had a longer walk in the morning and with a shorter one with some running in the evening, I have walked a total of 15 km. I also did some time on Orbitrek and my usual exercise routine of 20 exercises with each one lasting for 25 seconds. I did want to exercise more but life got in the way. It took me more time than I was expecting to write my morning post To be a Witch is to be Free and my cute little baby nephew came for a visit in the afternoon so that was obviously more important. Cute babies are always more important than anything else. Anyway, for some reason, my bear legs (not hairy, just big) hurt. They feel like there is lead inside and I am looking forward to some sleep and rest. Come to think of it, I am not sure I had a day of rest with no exercise in the last 10 days. Maybe that is it. Rest usually means that I do less, it does not mean that I do nothing. Since my calfs are hurting maybe there is finally something actually going on there and they will no longer resemble those of a bear. Who knows? Anything is possible. Americans drink eggs with alcohol, anything definitely is possible lol.

Speaking about eggs and Americans… Cultural difference is a very important thing. Whenever I hear someone saying how something is wrong or crazy I start thinking about how would the world look like if we were the same and would I want to live in such a world. Nope, no thank you. I love diversity. Different cultures, religions, customs, and people is what makes this planet an amazing thing. It would be pretty boring without it, grey and uninteresting. We need diversity because it provides fresh perspectives and new experiences. We need it as a spice to our uncertainty need. You see, we all have two needs, one for certainty and one for uncertainty. Those two together create marvelous things. If we were uncertain about everything we would be always scared, lost and pretty much schizophrenic. On the other hand, if we had only certanty, we would be bored and lost or minds too so there needs to be a balance. Diversity brings that balance, even if it involves egg nogs and hump days. Hugs and kisses to everyone, enjoy the rest of your day!