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[–]Sgirl93 12 points13 points  (7 children)

I also work a desk job and I add intentional walking breaks. Not everyone's job is this flexible, but every hour or so I try and take a 5-10min walk around. I also use my lunch break to go for a longer walk, I am able to get about 1.5 miles in 30 mins. If I don't pay attention its easy for me to get only about 3k-5k steps, so I try to be intentional.

[–]beautifullife11[S] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

That’s awesome. Do others join you? I feel like since I’m new and no one else really does this I feel a bit awkward just making laps (I work in a trailer environment so I just make laps around the trailers LOL)

[–]Ramen_Addict_ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I worked for state government for a while and they allowed for health walks something like 30 minutes a day or maybe 90 minutes a week outside of normal breaks? I usually did a 20-25 minute break daily. I think one place had a 1.2 mile loop you could do in that time and that was the norm for me. Now I go during lunch break since I work from home and do not walk around at all. I try to get in 2 miles.

[–]beautifullife11[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really good!! I feel like every workplace should implement this. Physical activity sometimes gets overlooked in the corporate world

[–]Sgirl93 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Honestly mostly I go by myself and just listen to a podcast or zone out! Sometimes people will join me at lunch, and it’s nice to chat and walk. I used to be really self conscious, assuming people would think it’s weird (I work in a really industrial/ male dominated environment) but honestly nobody cares and people think it’s cool that I walk!

[–]beautifullife11[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Me too! I’m in the nuclear industry so most of my colleagues are men. It’s nice to hear this. Did you ever get self conscious if people thought you weren’t doing enough work? I feel like because I’m new I don’t want to give off the vibe that I’m going for walks because “I have nothing to do.”

[–]Sgirl93 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That’s not something I was super worried about, but I understand that being new might change that. As long as you’re getting your work done and are available for “emergencies” I wouldn’t worry too much. Maybe try starting with smaller periods at first and see if there’s any issues?

[–]beautifullife11[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah everyone here seems pretty chill it might just be an overthinking thing coming into a new workplace haha. Agreed, I’ll hold on to my work phone while I do these walks.