Brian Johnson argues you can create time by swapping digital news for walking or meditating. His hundred thousand game targets 14,285 steps daily. Fifteen minutes a day compounds into massive gains over years.
100,000 steps per week.
14,285.7 steps per day.
About 2,000 more steps per day.
14,000 steps per week.
730,000 steps per year (732 in a leap year).
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. A few plus ones ago I invited you to join me and play the hundred thousand game. As in 100,000 steps per week, which, as we discussed, comes out to an average of 14,285.7 steps per day. Don't forget that seven, folks. Now you might see that number and think I'm a freak. And of course you're right. I hope we've established that fact by now. Seriously. And by the way, we need to do some plus ones on a fun book called the Freak Factor. Check out those notes. Coming soon. So you may think I'm crazy to do that many steps, or you may just not want to do it, both of which are perfect. But if you think you simply don't have the time to do it, then, well, I'd like to chat about that. It's funny because I found the time to walk so much when I stopped consuming so much digital news. I literally basically traded the time I used to spend consuming digital news with time walking. Remember how to plus 3 it when minus 1 plus 1 equals plus 3. That's precisely what happened with my steps. If I feel tempted to go online to take a break, then I either go on a walk or meditate. Boom. Found time plus three for the win. And that's today's plus one. Let's realize that if we're really honest, we're wasting a lot of time to bring the point home. Do you know how much 15 minutes a day adds up to in that time? You can walk an extra mile a day. That's 2,000 more steps a day. 14,000 steps a week. 730,000 more steps a year. 732 in a leap year. Folks don't want to walk? Fine. Know that 15 minutes per day is 105 bonus minutes per week. 454 minutes more per month. That's seven and a half extra hours. And 15 minutes per day is 5,475 minutes per year. That's 91 hours a year. 900 hours in a decade. That's nuts. Little things aren't so little. So how are you wasting time? And what can you do with all that lost time? Let's put it to work for us today.
