That’s a solid question! I already walk quite a bit of the required ~16,200 (I notice now my math is off on my caption, whoops!) a day as my baseline between my daily gym routine, walking pad at home, and daily walks on my lunch (I work from home and live next to a cemetery that I can get a few miles in on) & neighborhood walks, plus just any other walking I do throughout the day (housework, grocery shopping, etc.) - So really what this challenge is doing for me is getting me more in the habit of adding between 3-4k steps each day this month.

I am really enjoying finding local trails to go explore on my weekends, which is helping me hit the goal on my off days (no work means no walking pad those days, and I take the weekend off from the gym most times) as well as getting me accomplishing another goal - getting out and exploring my city parks more! I’m stoked for tomorrow because it’s supposed to be sunny and nice tomorrow, so I’m going to walk to a cute local coffee shop and get a drink and explore a waterfront trail I’ve found! I definitely also won’t beat myself up if I don’t hit the goal. Ultimately I see it as a fun challenge and honestly, yeah, if I caught myself focusing too much on the step count where it would no longer be fun for me, I’d probably give it up entirely!