By: Daphne
Gray-Grant
I have a neighbor
who often drove her three kids to school. I’m too polite to have
told her off for this, but they lived a 10-minute walk from
both grade school and high school. What was she thinking? This kind of attitude
— as well as the one that sees city officials failing to put sidewalks on all of
their streets — makes me crazy.
Walking is
one of the best things we can do. This advice is particularly
true for writers. Why? Because in order
to write, we need to think, first. And thinking at our desks — instead of out
in fresh air, while we’re moving our bodies — is almost always a spectacularly
bad idea.
When we sit, our
brains become leaden. But when we walk, our hearts pump faster and our
brains and other organs get more blood and oxygen. Scientists have shown this
helps our memories work better and improves our attention.
The gentle
exercise of walking also leads to new
connections between brain cells, holding at bay the usual decline of brain
tissue that comes with age. Even as my hair turns grey, I’m glad to know that I
don’t have to listen to contemporary music to keep my brain younger.
Furthermore,
walking also has a positive impact on creativity.
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