Lifestyle. I like that word. The style in which you live your life. It's fancy for what you do and what you don't do.
I often hear that word paired with "healthy" as in "a healthy lifestyle." What's implied is that there is an unhealthy lifestyle as well. Actually, I think there are many.
That ran through my mind last night as I came home late from work and needed to squeeze a walk into my schedule later than I wanted, compressing the rest of my evening.
It was Thursday night and I was tired. I really just wanted to collapse. I wanted to not walk and have some space.
But I thought to myself: "That's not what I do anymore." So I laced up my shoes, grabbed the dogs, and went out for a walk in the woods.
It wasn't the greatest walk of my life nor the worst.
It was just a walk.
But sometimes, that's all that matters. It doesn't have to be notable or even what you want to do, but you go and do it because that's what you do, the style in which you life your life.