Time to use my getaway sticks

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I am ashamed to admit that I live a little less than a mile from my train stop, but most days I find myself driving there. When it's cold outside, I procrastinate leaving the house and also dread making the walk in below freezing temperatures. However, I really miss the exercise and love listening to music with headphones and imagining my life has its own perfectly curated soundtrack. There's something really cool about watching an elderly Greek man cross the street to "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" by Bauhaus. Also, what a waste of gas. I probably drive about 1 mile each way when it's all said and done, and my 2000 Hyundai Elantra gets terrible city gas mileage (like 16 mpg terrible). So, if I drive there and back every morning it costs me $0.44 cents a day based on the current $3.50 per gallon cost of gasoline. I take the train downtown 3 times a week. If I cut this out, I could save $1.32 a week, about $5.72 a month or about $68.64 a year.

Are 15 minute walks any good for exercise? I thought you had to do 30 in one block or it was worthless. It turns out, it's not. I'm still getting the 30 minutes in a day that the American Heart Association recommends. Unfortunately, this isn't great for weight loss by using up stored fat, but it's better than nothing. The rest of the time, I need to use the exercise videos available on Netflix instant in my tiny living room. I really hate gyms. I'll never go. I really won't. And I have probably wasted $1,000 over the years on gym memberships, so I'm not going to do it to myself again.

Also, HarvesTime foods is on my walk home! Which means that 3 times a week, I am more likely to pop in and pick up fresh produce instead of making time and gas wasting trips in the car. All around, I think this is a good, if not completely and totally obvious plan. However, doing the analysis is a good motivator.