A Walk Can Fix Almost Anything (Especially a Bad Mood)

From Derek Sivers’ Useful But Not True, you can always choose your next thought or reaction. But yesterday, I failed to choose my next reaction after a frustrating purchase over the phone. Then I hit a roadblock with a coding task. I felt how my energy was depleted. To change my mood, I switched to writing, something I enjoy. Hoping to find something to steal, I opened my RSS reader and checked my favorite blog aggregators. But scrolling only made things worse. It ended up draining the remaining energy. Screens don’t energize me. Until it was time for my daily walk. Fresh air, the outdoors, and oxygenated blood always lift a bad mood, just like finding a health package in a video game. A walk can fix almost anything, by giving you fresh eyes to approach it.