Taking long walks is therapeutic for your mind

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t get off until I’m far away. I desist looking through the window at times and in that way, I don’t get to know where the bus is taking me and that makes the trip more exciting.A few times I got off the bus and had no idea where I was, in that case, I had to walk a few blocks to figure out where I was. It’s exciting to not know where you are, it’s as if you travelled somewhere for a few minutes.It’s surprising how little I knew about my city. I discovered plenty of nice placitas (little squares where people hang out), callecitas (like alleys or little streets), and little parks I didn’t know were there. I used to explore with a friend and we had lots of fun, we would make the best out of our little trips by laughing at the dumb things we did.Now that I walk alone, I understand why I enjoy walking so much in neighbourhoods I don’t know very well.I realized it’s something therapeutic for me, by walking in neighbourhoods little familiar to me, I can get away from my world for a few hours and use that time to reflect and think about what I am doing with my life, I sometimes get creative ideas or find a solution to

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a problem, all of that with little effort since I focus more on what is around me than what’s in my mind. Plus, it’s fun to find new places in my city.Some people will say the neighbourhoods I walk in are not pretty and have nothing to offer, that there is no point in walking in those places and that I’m wasting my time, but I don’t take those long walks to find something incredible or shocking.The truth is, I find enjoyment in those long walks by looking at the simple or ¨normal¨ things, like observing the size and decorations of the houses, seeing what kind of people live there or the kind of stores, by sitting at the little parks and placitas and watch the kids having fun.The neighbourhoods I walk in are unfamiliar to me and it feels almost as if I travelled somewhere else. That’s what I enjoy the most about my little trips.Taking long walks in places I know little about not only calms me down but also makes it easier for me to be in the present moment as I can’t help but look at everything around me since the neighbourhoods I visit are unfamiliar to me and I enjoy exploring new places.</article></body>

They can be more fun than you think

I live in a medium-sized city, with a population of approximately 240,000 people. The city has been expanding considerably these last years due to the immigration of farmers and rural people. Now there are loads of new neighbourhoods around the city with peculiar names.

I love taking walks in my city, especially in the neighbourhoods I don’t know very well. I don’t enjoy walking downtown as much as I do in the neighbourhoods because the downtown area is familiar to me, there is nothing new to discover and besides, it’s full of people.

Sometimes, I take a bus and I don’t get off until I’m far away. I desist looking through the window at times and in that way, I don’t get to know where the bus is taking me and that makes the trip more exciting.

A few times I got off the bus and had no idea where I was, in that case, I had to walk a few blocks to figure out where I was. It’s exciting to not know where you are, it’s as if you travelled somewhere for a few minutes.

It’s surprising how little I knew about my city. I discovered plenty of nice placitas (little squares where people hang out), callecitas (like alleys or little streets), and little parks I didn’t know were there. I used to explore with a friend and we had lots of fun, we would make the best out of our little trips by laughing at the dumb things we did.

Now that I walk alone, I understand why I enjoy walking so much in neighbourhoods I don’t know very well.

I realized it’s something therapeutic for me, by walking in neighbourhoods little familiar to me, I can get away from my world for a few hours and use that time to reflect and think about what I am doing with my life, I sometimes get creative ideas or find a solution to a problem, all of that with little effort since I focus more on what is around me than what’s in my mind. Plus, it’s fun to find new places in my city.

Some people will say the neighbourhoods I walk in are not pretty and have nothing to offer, that there is no point in walking in those places and that I’m wasting my time, but I don’t take those long walks to find something incredible or shocking.

The truth is, I find enjoyment in those long walks by looking at the simple or ¨normal¨ things, like observing the size and decorations of the houses, seeing what kind of people live there or the kind of stores, by sitting at the little parks and placitas and watch the kids having fun.

The neighbourhoods I walk in are unfamiliar to me and it feels almost as if I travelled somewhere else. That’s what I enjoy the most about my little trips.

Taking long walks in places I know little about not only calms me down but also makes it easier for me to be in the present moment as I can’t help but look at everything around me since the neighbourhoods I visit are unfamiliar to me and I enjoy exploring new places.