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Seeing the world in a new light: creative uses for your surroundings
There are a bench and asphalt path that is right near my place. It’s shaded by several trees, somewhat isolated, and kind of nice.
It was the perfect place to solve a minor problem of mine, but I never gave it a second glance until recently.
One of the first times I passed by, I saw a senior citizen sitting there with her caretaker.
They kept on doing that for a few weeks, and so it imprinted in my mind that’s what it was used for.
Until recently, I’d been searching for a place to do calisthenic exercises. I had been struggling to find a path or public park near me that I didn’t need to pay for. Just a simple place to do a few pushups and stuff when I didn’t have time to commit to the gym.
But I never considered going there. Not until recently. I was watching a Youtube video that showed a guy practicing on an asphalt path, which caused me to give it a second look.
No one was around, and a cool breeze was blowing as I walked out there. The summer heatwave had long since passed, but it was still nice to have a cool place to do a warmup.
I ended up doing a full-blown calisthenic workout, lasting 45 minutes and working up a sweat. But I stayed fairly cool in the shade, with a nice…
