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Book Notes: Walking: One Step At A Time - Erling Kagge*

  • JOURNEYS OF DISCOVERY ARE NOT SOMETHING YOU START DOING, BUT SOMETHING YOU GRADUALLY STOP DOING.

  • TIME PASSES MORE QUICKLY WHEN I INCREASE THE SPEED OF TRAVEL. WALKING EXPANDS TIME RATHER THAN COLLAPSES IT.

  • CHAOS IS KING WHEN I FIRST STRIKE OUT ON MY WALK, BUT AS I ARRIVE, THINGS HAVE BECOME MORE ORDERLY, EVEN WHEN I HAVEN’T GIVEN A THOUGHT TO THE CHAOS AS I’VE WALKED ALONG.

  • A SAYING IN NORWEGIAN: MUCH WANTS MORE.

  • TIME SPENT WITH TREES CAN STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, LOWER CHOLESTEROL LEVELS, AND ACT AS PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE.

  • WHEN SOMETHING IS TOO EASILY OBTAINED, IT RAPIDLY LOSES ITS PLEASURE

  • “IMAGINE YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND OPEN THEM AGAIN IN TWENTY YEARS. WHAT WOULD YOU BE HAPPY TO SEE?”

This book directly inspired my own thinking On Walking