Episode 11: Walking with Samwise - Jan 11, 2023

Hey mates, it's me, David. Today is January 11th. And here I am, being late today. Time slipped away from me and well... my apologies. Like Gandalf says, a wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. I guess this episode is like that.

With the past episodes, I've talked about my day to day. In some of the episodes coming up, I'm going to talk more about my history. To kind of break up the routine of things. You'll notice today's episode is titled Walking with Samwise. I was messaging a bit with my friend Emily, and I related myself to Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings. He starts out being a rotund hobbit who is really just gardening, eating and drinking. By the end, he's slimmed down, tightening his belt beyond the notch marks, and well.. that is one fictional character I just relate to. Sam did a lot of walking. Like, watch the movies. They're constantly walking. And that's what I'm going to start doing. Walking.

Walking will get me moving, get me outside, get that blood and body moving. I have some goals in mind for my walking. One that I stumbled across was a person on instagram called JoggingJackSparrow. He does the Run Disney events dressed as Jack Sparrow. And I think one of my long term goals is to build up to a 5K and hopefully meet him. But for now... I'll be walking.

In some future episodes, there may be some content warnings ahead for things like body dysmorphia. I'll make sure to put the warnings at the start of the show notes and episode just in case. It's coming. There are things I haven't talked about publicly except with family and very close friends. And I feel the need to share it... because, well. I do...

I hope everyone had a good Wednesday, and whatever you set out to accomplish, you achieved some fraction of it. Onward to tomorrow, mates.

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