#was my first couple years of uni where i walked ~20min each way from home to campus to avoid having to pay for parking

[keendaanmaa]

Contemplating my (frankly a bit fraught) relationship with exercise/being active tonight and realized—I never really saw "being active as an intentional and consistent choice" modeled when I was growing up. Like, yeah, we would go hiking when we were camping or snowshoeing occasionally on a Saturday or take a family bike ride around town, but I don't remember my parents being active (ie engaging in activities conventionally considered to count as exercise) on a regular, consistent basis until after we got our dog when I was in high school. Add that to "none of my extra-curricular activities growing up were very active" and the fact that I feel like I need to learn how to make a habit of being active suddenly makes a bit more sense.