Choose a great place to walk. Find the prettiest streets within easy reach of your neighborhood. Your goal, walking 10,000 steps or 5 miles a day, gets more manageable if you locate a healthy, inspiring place to walk. My hometown of Austin, Texas has Hike and Bike trails where there is no worry about traffic.
Think about your neighborhood. Most Americans, outside the major metropolitan areas, have a car. Use your car to get to the most beautiful streets or trails in your area. Park the car. Get out and start walking. Have a pedometer. If not, wear a wristwatch. Try to walk for 1/2 hour to 1 hour. Depends on your conditioning and the free time available to you. The pedometer can tell you how far you've walked and provide other details. The added information can be very motivational.
Just by walking 20 minutes a day you separate yourself from the unfit masses of couch potatoes. Give yourself credit, psychologically speaking, when you reach the 20 minutes mark. Say "Way to go self!" I find the outdoors to be more fun than any gym.
I found an area about 4 miles from my house. It's hilly. The walk is more aerobic because of the hills. There are sidewalks. Very few cars use the streets because it is a residential area. The streets are free in America. It it's not a gated community, you can get in there. If there are trees and open spaces you can breath the clean air. Nobody has ever stopped me or asked whether I live in the area.
By moving a few miles away from my house for my walk, I actually feel richer.
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