As you alluded to, i have read studies that walking, originally purposed for navigation and hunting. We are programmed to use all our neural powers to focus on tracking animals or not getting eaten by said animals etc. All this leads to a very focused mind and problems seem way easier to negotiate. Either way, however it works, it works. As a musician, i had read that Elgar would walk the Malvern Hills here in England and compose many of his melodies as he ambled through the beautiful countryside. Time and again we read of similar stories. Great video; thankyou.
I walk an average of 8 miles a day at work including the walk to and from. It’s also physical pushing, lifting, some squatting. I chose this deliberately and there are countless benefits but one that stands out is I sleep like a rock. On Saturday I do yoga and Qigong at the wilderness preserve and Sunday my boyfriend picks me up for dates which includes being outside many times. ❤ I refuse to ever work a desk job again and I refuse to grow old before my time. Stay active folks. The joint and muscle pain of atrophy is truly debilitating. The slight soreness of using your body is a wonderful feeling. Yes I have lots of processing time ❤
That's fantastic to hear! Staying active with walking, yoga, and Qigong is such a healthy lifestyle choice. Your perspective on avoiding desk jobs and maintaining vitality is truly inspiring. Keep it up!
I feel in London and I’m a nurse assistant/ phlebotomist working in community, I do lots of walking every day from patient to patient and I find it very relaxing and therapeutic even though sometimes my backpack feels heavy with all my work gear.
I'm an avid hiker, try to do 3 big climbs a week. It's absolutely my therapy and helps me sort through my anxious thoughts or a problem I'm dealing with. Can't recommend walking/hiking enough, especially when you're going through something hard!
I now understand why your shorts often look like hostage videos. You're out on a walk, have a thought, and stop to record. Makes sense. Seems to work well. Keep walking!
Ryan, i'm sure, you can do that podcast walking with your guests anywere, and maybe it will be more insightful for you and everyone who will watch videos)
I teach art at the middle school level just west of Chicago. I work until 3 pm basically. I absolutely love my job. It allows me to actually have a life outside of work.
Hi! There is a beautiful sample in Ryan's videos. They sound like bell chimes and has appeared in several videos. It is so hypnotizing and beautiful that a few minutes of listening captivates me. If anyone has the sample I would really appreciate it.
I think people pick up trash when they walk because they are industrious. Industrious people do what is necessitated when the marginal cost is low even if there is no reward.
Great meditation to start the day=] There is an actual scientific name associated with walking- it is called flaneurism. Henri LeFebrve used to walk cities to listen to the vibrantions that happened naturally that were native to any city he visited. It's kind of like developing a taste palate for sounds that are endogenous to a region, city, or state- there is also a name for that science which is "rythmanalysis": ruclips.net/video/_dZC0ra-_HE/видео.html
I get tired easily and lose my focus. Walking outside helps me a lot, it boosts my energy, increases my focus, helps with my vision too. I feel very relaxed and calm after walks. I feel like my brain is decluttered and it makes me more productive. I don't walk for very long distance. I also live in a small town, my walks are loops in our yard and sometimes around neighbourhood.
The Native Americans lived life according to the 4 winds: N, S, E, W. Each brings a different season and activities. Summer is time to act, fall to sow what's reaped, winter to rest and spring to prepare. Picked a copy of the book Earth Astrology, basically taking traditional zodiac but applies to Native traditions, and it's been helping me be able divide my year into chunks. Much more palatable than looking at one unceasing rerun over and over and over until death 😊
Interesting ideas, and I agree that it is well known that many geniuses used walking as a way to help them think. But as to why it helps, I am not sure the hypothesis presented here is accurate. Walking, once learned, becomes "automatic", meaning all of the brain activity needed for it is covered by the cerebellum, and the other parts of the brain are free to be used to their full extent. Thus the idea that it shuts down distractions and stops these thoughts does not strike me as a likely cause or explanation. Only if the activity has obstacles or difficulties or unexpected aspects is the rest of the brain required to be used. This is why when we are learning a new activity, such as skiiing, we use huge parts of our entire brain, and those synpases are firing on both sides of the Gyrus precentralis, but once it is learned and mastered, that activity is only in the cerebellum, meaning we can do things such as talk or think of other topics at the same time. Thus it strikes me as more likely that an activity which presents some challenges (for example, climbing, skiing a more difficult route, running a route with some obstacles) would be more effective in gettinn rid of distractive thoughts. Only a hypothesis.
I've been doing this intuitively for decades. The more difficult, creative and time consuming the project I'm doing is, the more random "pointless" walking, bike riding and driving I seem to do. Having the mind and body partially distracted while being able to think and make subconscious connections is often more valuable than remaining at your work station hacking away. It resets and reprioritizes your next session.
Seasonal podcasts work just fine for the exact reason Cal notes, push not pull, it's an effortless engagement. Similar to Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwells podcast which does not air year round. Personally I don't necessarily listen to podcasts as they're posted, I often scroll through my subscriptions and select ep at random.
I love walking outside. Literally gives me so much peace & creativity
As you alluded to, i have read studies that walking, originally purposed for navigation and hunting. We are programmed to use all our neural powers to focus on tracking animals or not getting eaten by said animals etc. All this leads to a very focused mind and problems seem way easier to negotiate.
Either way, however it works, it works. As a musician, i had read that Elgar would walk the Malvern Hills here in England and compose many of his melodies as he ambled through the beautiful countryside. Time and again we read of similar stories.
Great video; thankyou.
I walk an average of 8 miles a day at work including the walk to and from. It’s also physical pushing, lifting, some squatting. I chose this deliberately and there are countless benefits but one that stands out is I sleep like a rock. On Saturday I do yoga and Qigong at the wilderness preserve and Sunday my boyfriend picks me up for dates which includes being outside many times. ❤ I refuse to ever work a desk job again and I refuse to grow old before my time. Stay active folks. The joint and muscle pain of atrophy is truly debilitating. The slight soreness of using your body is a wonderful feeling. Yes I have lots of processing time ❤
What kind of work do you do? I know of a postal workers who does this level of working and he's got all these bunions on his feet.
@@ShelterDogs Custodial and if years of ballet didn't do it, I think my feet will be fine 😆.
That's fantastic to hear! Staying active with walking, yoga, and Qigong is such a healthy lifestyle choice. Your perspective on avoiding desk jobs and maintaining vitality is truly inspiring. Keep it up!
I started walking at dawn during the lockdowns it proved to be a valuable natural flexible fabric for my mind ❤
You definitely sound like you were walking with a mask 😷 on as well 🤦🏽♂️
I feel in London and I’m a nurse assistant/ phlebotomist working in community, I do lots of walking every day from patient to patient and I find it very relaxing and therapeutic even though sometimes my backpack feels heavy with all my work gear.
I'm an avid hiker, try to do 3 big climbs a week. It's absolutely my therapy and helps me sort through my anxious thoughts or a problem I'm dealing with. Can't recommend walking/hiking enough, especially when you're going through something hard!
The same is true for running. I’ve always had my best thoughts/ideas during runs.
What a sad state we’re in, where we have to convince people of the benefits of one of life’s basic functions.
Love the seasonal rotation idea
I now understand why your shorts often look like hostage videos. You're out on a walk, have a thought, and stop to record. Makes sense. Seems to work well. Keep walking!
Ryan, i'm sure, you can do that podcast walking with your guests anywere, and maybe it will be more insightful for you and everyone who will watch videos)
Thank you for introducing me to stoicism Ryan holiday
I teach art at the middle school level just west of Chicago. I work until 3 pm basically. I absolutely love my job. It allows me to actually have a life outside of work.
Hi! There is a beautiful sample in Ryan's videos. They sound like bell chimes and has appeared in several videos. It is so hypnotizing and beautiful that a few minutes of listening captivates me.
If anyone has the sample I would really appreciate it.
The Buddha is also said to have practiced a form of walking mediation.
Great video.
This video really boiled down to “have you tried having less responsibility” lmao
Cal is 100% right on his last point.
Curious what you think about a treadmill desk as part of the repertoire? Not to replace outside walks, but supplement
Woah, he said Jerry Rigging your brain 1:51 lol thats a cool reference
I think people pick up trash when they walk because they are industrious. Industrious people do what is necessitated when the marginal cost is low even if there is no reward.
Great meditation to start the day=] There is an actual scientific name associated with walking- it is called flaneurism. Henri LeFebrve used to walk cities to listen to the vibrantions that happened naturally that were native to any city he visited. It's kind of like developing a taste palate for sounds that are endogenous to a region, city, or state- there is also a name for that science which is "rythmanalysis":
ruclips.net/video/_dZC0ra-_HE/видео.html
Ryan keeps interrupting to talk about himself instead of
SOLVED EST AMBULANDO
Lol wat?
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The South Korean philosopher Byung Chul- Han has been talking about this for the past decade
I get tired easily and lose my focus. Walking outside helps me a lot, it boosts my energy, increases my focus, helps with my vision too. I feel very relaxed and calm after walks. I feel like my brain is decluttered and it makes me more productive. I don't walk for very long distance. I also live in a small town, my walks are loops in our yard and sometimes around neighbourhood.
The Native Americans lived life according to the 4 winds: N, S, E, W. Each brings a different season and activities. Summer is time to act, fall to sow what's reaped, winter to rest and spring to prepare. Picked a copy of the book Earth Astrology, basically taking traditional zodiac but applies to Native traditions, and it's been helping me be able divide my year into chunks. Much more palatable than looking at one unceasing rerun over and over and over until death 😊
Interesting ideas, and I agree that it is well known that many geniuses used walking as a way to help them think. But as to why it helps, I am not sure the hypothesis presented here is accurate. Walking, once learned, becomes "automatic", meaning all of the brain activity needed for it is covered by the cerebellum, and the other parts of the brain are free to be used to their full extent. Thus the idea that it shuts down distractions and stops these thoughts does not strike me as a likely cause or explanation. Only if the activity has obstacles or difficulties or unexpected aspects is the rest of the brain required to be used. This is why when we are learning a new activity, such as skiiing, we use huge parts of our entire brain, and those synpases are firing on both sides of the Gyrus precentralis, but once it is learned and mastered, that activity is only in the cerebellum, meaning we can do things such as talk or think of other topics at the same time. Thus it strikes me as more likely that an activity which presents some challenges (for example, climbing, skiing a more difficult route, running a route with some obstacles) would be more effective in gettinn rid of distractive thoughts. Only a hypothesis.
I've been doing this intuitively for decades. The more difficult, creative and time consuming the project I'm doing is, the more random "pointless" walking, bike riding and driving I seem to do. Having the mind and body partially distracted while being able to think and make subconscious connections is often more valuable than remaining at your work station hacking away. It resets and reprioritizes your next session.
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Is this sped up? Looks much more natural at .9x
Stimulants?
Carl is a fast talker
Seasonal podcasts work just fine for the exact reason Cal notes, push not pull, it's an effortless engagement. Similar to Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwells podcast which does not air year round. Personally I don't necessarily listen to podcasts as they're posted, I often scroll through my subscriptions and select ep at random.
I really need to do more walking
So interesting