Finding an(other) excuse to relax

I'm not a great one for exercise, but I am much better at it if I can build it into my routine.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Yes - I try to ride to work every day. It's such a great way to get around and has so many benefits.

And the best part isn't even riding to work. No. It's riding home.

Glorious.

Okay, admittedly I only live a short distance from the city, and on the way to work my ride is very short. I have a kind of okay, let's just get there and get this done kind of attitude.

But on the way home (well most of the way, anyway) I ride along the river most of the way, and it's really really nice.

(I acknowledge how lucky I am.)

It takes longer that way, and I get a bit of speed up: my lungs start to work and blood starts to pump around my body - I even started singing out loud today as I rode. Weird huh? (But fun!)

And I also do something else.

On my way to work, when I get over halfway on the bridge into the city I can time my approach to the lights and so am able to cross a major road without having to stop.

You see, I'd much rather stop on the bridge - where I took the photos.

Because here, instead of focussing all my attention on when the lights will change, I am instead looking at the ripples on the water, or watching the clouds, or just checking out the ever-changing skyline of my city.

Sure, I look up occasionally, and if the lights are about to change, I start cruising down to the end of the bridge. And if not, I just keep on relaxing.

Because it's not just exercise we have to build into our routines.

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