Walk 10,000 steps in a day.

“I kept procrastinating my walk so it was 9pm by the time I got on the treadmill. As I got into the rhythm of walking, the treadmill made funny sounds in response to each step. It seemed to be wheezing two Chinese words, one for each step: yong yan, yong yan, yong yan. It means forever. Twelve minutes on the treadmill and I had only walked 1,287 steps. At this rate, it would take me a total of 93 minutes to walk 10,000 steps. Which meant I'd still be walking at 10:30pm. Not a good start.”

“Going into the experiment, I thought that adding a few thousand steps each day would be a breeze — I was wrong. I was surprised at how challenging it was to hit 10,000 steps while working at my desk all day. Unfortunately, the daily walking I do to and from the train and to and from home doesn't even get close to 10,000 steps.”

“Within the first few hours of being back at the office, I realized just how challenging it would be to hit my 10,000 steps. On vacation, I'd usually hit 8,000 steps by lunchtime. Back at work, I wasn't even at 3,000. But I was still confident I could get my steps in; it just might take some extra work.”