PUT IN WORK WHILE WALKINGWalk 30 Minutes Every Day

PUT IN WORK WHILE WALKING

This genre includes doing a productive task while walking, such as planning your day, taking a call, reflecting over a decision

Themes

• The people I interviewed were students• All of them agreed they were busy• They all walked in chunks that added up to 30

minutes• They all took the necessity of walking and turned

it into an opportunity to PUT IN WORK• Only two took the necessity to PUT IN WORK and

made it an opportunity for walking. The third extended existing walks to PUT IN MORE WORK

One

• One is a student who works between many labs• On any day, One is caught rushing between the labs, as

each lab has unique functions• Initially, One just hurried between the various labs

without thought, but then started structuring each lab visit between walks

• Now One is less hurried during walks because she can PUT IN WORK to make her lab time more efficient

• One will even extend a walk and PUT IN MORE WORK if she hasn’t finished planning

Two

• Two doesn’t particularly like sitting still, so she takes walks to help ease her anxiety

• Two had organization problems (forgetting homework, etc.)

• When TWO became anxious and needed a walk, she started planning ways in which to make her day less stressful

• Now she intentionally walks when she needs to PUT IN WORK and plan her day

Three

• Three doesn’t like talking on the phone, but it’s necessary

• Three gets poor reception in his apartment, and must take all calls outside

• Three started walking while handling calls, and realized how easy it was to do both

• Now Three takes walks on most calls, and plans walks as an opportunity to PUT IN WORK