The To Do List Treadmill
I used to be a treadmill runner. When I went for a run, I went to the little fitness center in my apartment complex and got on the treadmill for 30+ minutes. It worked. I could watch tv while I did it, so I was multitasking. But I never really went anywhere. Then I started running outside - where there are real things to see, where I can tell how far I am going based on the things that I pass instead of numbers on a screen. And I'll be honest, I have a hard time running on a treadmill now. It's a lot prettier outside. A lot of us are spending our lives running on treadmills. I know because I spend a lot of time on what I am going to call the "To do list treadmill." I said to someone recently that I am on one of those people movers at the airport, but I'm going the wrong way, and someone keeps speeding it up, so I keep running faster and faster, but all I do is lose ground. Do you feel that way? Do you feel like for each thing you cross off your to do