Thumbs up on feeling good

I came across an interesting article on Assisted Living from the New York Times. I know we walk to maintain our independence, but things happen in life. Can we improve the quality of life in such places? You betsha! Read this interesting perspective.

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/how-to-live-in-assisted-living/#more-14875

 

Spring is coming

I have heard this line before and it may be in part of a true story. Dr. Ken Cooper talked of a 80+ woman who walked 5 miles a day. Her daughter said she started walking and still is.

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now, and we don't know where the heck she is." - Ellen DeGeres

Spring is almost here, I have been moving 20-30 minutes on exercise bike for a week now. Knees are healing. Working on flexibility and ice my knees after workout.

I am also one day from discharge from my rehab program concerning post traumatic stress and anxiety attacks that increase insomnia. I am back to sleeping pretty good at night and will return to work this Friday. A big thanks to the staff at Linden Oaks in Plainfield and those fellow travelers in group. All of you were helpful and supportive. I wished all could have access to mental health care similar to how we go to the dentist and GP for our check ups. I really think it should be that normal. What do you think?

Walking is really good at helping stress. It is also good for the creative mind. I am aware of Hemingway battle with depression that took his life, but here is a quote on walking and the writing process.

“I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Keep walking