What Steps Do You Take?

By Samuel Alexander-Stubbings


The weekends here and I'm wondering what to do. Although I know one thing I want my weekend to involve walking, so lets hope the weather brightens up. You might be wondering why I want to work more walking into my weekend, therefore I'll bring you up to speed.

It all began during my last year at University when a tutor of mine gave us all a helpful tip to get over writers block. The advice was simple yet effective, go for a walk. It was as easy as that, she told us in time of need we should take to the streets and just walk. I was sceptical at first but it was only until I had got back from walking the dog and my mother said to me how refreshed I looked and informed me that taking the dog for a walk may well have something to do with it.

I sat and thought about it for a while and I realised she weren't wrong. From then on I used walking as a tool to refresh and gather my thoughts. By going for a walk I was able to draw up a mental to-do list in my head and organise my day. It's a great way to manage stress and also a great form of cardiovascular exercise. 

Walking after meals is a great way to let your food go down and kick-start your metabolism too. But more than anything you actually start to notice the benefits of walking the more you do it. By making the decision to walk more you are able to fit more exercise into your life with minimal effort and the best thing is it costs nothing and can be incorporated everywhere you go. Walk with friends, family, the dog or just on your own and as you do so you'll start to notice the improvements to your physical health and your state of mind.

This works for me anyway, so I am curious to know what your methods of de-stress are. We at Health and Organic Wellbeing want to know what it is you do when your feeling a little down in the dumps and need a little refresh?

Weather it's the gym, food, rest, socialising or abseiling please lets us know what it is that helps you in time of need?