Category: Step Climbing
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First Dry Step Climbing Since Forever + No Makeup Required
Yesterday was one of those learn to dance on a moving magic carpet type of days. After delayed meetings and timing challenges, I finally climbed my steps – without a raincoat for the first time in forever! Two thousand steps climbed this week, exploring perspective vs comparison and showing up without masks.
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Fallen Trees and Fitted Sheets
My morning walk with Alan brings unexpected tree-crawling requirements after overnight storms. Weekend weather warnings shift van plans from traveling to working – tackling the challenge of resizing non-standard motorhome bedding. From fitted sheets to mattress protectors, turning saggy-baggy bed linen into better fitted comfort for future “aways.”
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I Felt Like Quitting – Many Times
This week I moved goalposts so many times you could’ve called me Donald. From 11x step-climbs to 7x daily to somehow 3,000 for the week. Yesterday in pouring rain I completed my final repeats – 3,024 total ascends. Every step felt hard, but I kept going, making deposits into my Resilience Account.
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New Machines and Old Friends
Never say never! My new Nespresso Essenza Mini arrived for van adventures, complete with the learning curve of proper initialization. Between figuring out coffee temperatures and catching up with a special friend over lunch, it’s the small moments that keep me #smilingontheinside.
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PULLING THE ARROW BACK
A Week of Active Recovery The Arrow That Must Pull Back #smilingontheinside – Monday 07 July 2025 Back in my yoga days – I started when I was in the Fifth Form at school – I remember coming across an adage about how an arrow needs to first pull back before it can go forward.…
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How Marbles Help Me Track My Step Counts
Marbles moved from pocket to pocket How do you count flights when there are so many steps…? #smilingontheinside – Monday 30 June 2025 Keeping track of a few flights of steps is easy… but remembering where I’m up to when I’ve climbed hundreds and hundreds of steps is a bit more challenging. To start with,…
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SUNDAY IS FARMER’S MARKET DAY
Our “Market Ritual” kick off Sundays My Solo Run to the Market #smilingontheinside – Sunday 29 June 2025 It hit me this morning on my drive to the Hamilton Farmers’ Market – I actually live alone for nearly half the year. When you add up all the nights Alan’s work roster takes him away from…
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NEXT-DAY BIRTHDAY
Food, Frost and Firsts Hamilton to Auckland – My First “Real” Drive #smilingontheinside – 18 June 2025 Today was a pretty full-on day. It’s Wednesday… which means “step repeats”… which requires 90 minutes of daylight… which meant I needed to keep my programme moving to keep myself on track. I knew there’d always be the…
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WHATTALOTTAGREEN
Jubilee Park Walkway in Winter Man! It was COLD! #smilingontheinside – Sunday 15 June 2025 Alan dropped me off outside Jubilee Park yesterday, and he continued into the Showgrounds to the Farmers’ Market. Going to the Farmers’ Market has been a regular Sunday morning event now for well over a year. It’s one of our…
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A “RED RAIN DAY”
Red Focus rather than Rain Focus Week 5 Day 3/3 = (84×7)x(3)=1,764 steps this week #smilingontheinside – Friday 13 June 2025 This week it feels like it’s done nothing but rain! And then rain some more! And then keep raining! Yes – there have been some dry spells in that, but not enough to get…
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DIVERSION IN PLACE – FLOODING…?
Road Closed – Plan B Required smilingontheinside – Wednesday 11 June 2025 Are you a resident…? “Are you a resident?”, she asked. “You look like one”, she went on to say. I’m not sure I looked like a well-heeled resident of Hamilton’s Awatere Avenue, but hey! Who knows…? She was watching a huge pine tree…
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