This is a story that probably would be better told walking along the beach, but that's not where I am, but I'm still going to tell the story.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking as Fitness, a daily podcast providing you with a little added motivation to get out and take the walk.

Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this.

You could probably call me a dream. I'm going to walk starts right after this.

You could probably call me a dreamer.

Not a dreamer in the classic sense of those who change the world.

But it is something I've liked to do as long as I can remember and it typically happens while I'm walking. I like to daydream.

Dream about the future.

When I was a teenager and we spent summers in Cape May, New Jersey,

and I would take these long walks on the beach after lunch.

And would dream about becoming a radio DJ.

I was one of those kids who knew what he wanted to do.

My answer was not, I don't know. I was one of those kids who knew what he wanted to do.

My answer was not, I don't know, we'll see what happens.

You asked me from the age of, I think, 14 on, what do you want to do?

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a morning DJ.

That was my answer.

For my teen years, that was my passion.

That's what I was pursuing.

That's what I was learning about.

That's what I was dreaming about.

And so I would take these long walks on the beach in Cape May every afternoon.

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