Do you ever feel like life is moving too fast? There's just too much going on.

During today's 10-minute walk, I want to talk about how walking can slow down the pace of life.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking as Fitness. This is a podcast with a new episode every day to encourage you to

take a walk, even when you don't feel like it. Today's 10-minute walk starts in just a moment.

I don't know if you have noticed, but more episodes this summer have been recorded while I've

been walking along the beach, live in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

That's the Atlantic Ocean you hear.

This is two miles from where we live, so I can't simply open the door, walk out on the beach.

But it's a 10-minute car ride away, 20 minutes by bike.

And last summer, I think I let the friction of getting to the beach keep me from actually going to the beach.

And this year I determined that, you know what, I want to take advantage of this opportunity.

And so I have been.

I've been coming to the beach more this summer than I did last summer.

One of the reasons that I come to the beach is, for me, this is very calming.

I love walking on the beach, but candidly, I also love sitting in a chair with

a book and reading and occasionally looking up, seeing what I can see, watching the waves.

I love the horizon where the sky meets the ocean.

Every now and then, some pelicans will fly by.

I love counting how many pelicans are in the group that are flying overhead.

I haven't seen any this morning every now and then not often but every

now and then if i'm here long enough i can see some some dolphins out in the ocean jumping and depending

on time of day way off in the distance I can see some boats love coming to the beach it's

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