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TygrBright

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16. I live in a development, on what they call a "loop".
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:33 PM
Jan 2018

Which is more or less just what it sounds like- an oval-shaped street configuration. About 8-9 houses up and down the outsides of the long sides of the loop, 5-6 up and down the short side. There's a sidewalk along the outside, and in the afternoon when I get a terrible nap attack, instead of taking a snooze (which often disrupts my sleep cycle) I put on a jacket and do 2-3 circuits of the oval.

If you live on a regular grid-type street, once around the block would probably have the same effect.

It's not as inspiring as going to the park and doing the walking trails. But I've come to know some of the neighbors and their kids, at least to say "hi!" to, and I'm now at the point where I can tell when some of the neighbors' flowering shrubs are about to set buds, when to look for bulbs pushing up, etc.

It's very helpful.

As we get older the sleep cycle does change. But paying attention and adapting to it can still keep the body in balance.

encouragingly,
Bright

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