This past summer, I got really into going barefoot and shirtless, literally just walking
around the park barefoot shirtless, sun's out, getting tan, healing my feet, feeling
amazing, grounding every day, and I loved it. My health was peak. And then winter time
started to come and I stopped doing that because it was too cold. And then the coldest week
of the year came upon us, negative degree temperatures, sub-zero. And I started taking
up this habit. I started going on a walk around the park, like an hour-long walk every day.
And I started that just before the week of the coldest temperatures. And I was like,
I'm going to do this every day. And the coldest week of the year came, negative 30-degree
winds blowing by. I was like, I can still do this or I can just stay home. I was like,
no, I'm doing this. So I bundle up extremely. I'm wearing like three pairs of socks, two
pairs of pants, like a sweatshirt, a shirt, a coat, gloves, neck warmer, hand warmers,
all kinds of things. And I am bundled up. Like you cannot see any skin on my body except
for my eyes. Literally, I am fully bundled up. And so I go on this walk. I'm like immobile.
All I can do is move forward. And if I want to look and turn, I literally have to turn
my entire body to see because I can't like, because I have my hood on also, two hoods
on, all that stuff. And so I go on this walk around the park. And I go the same route every
time. I literally go down the park all the way around and then back home. And on the
route, there's this little hill that I like to go over, climb over, because it's kind
of like different type of terrain instead of just walking on the asphalt, like the sidewalk.
And so I walk up this thing and I'm just like, making new footprints in the freshly blown
snow. And I'm just like, huh, going up. And then the next day happens. And I'm going up
right next to my other footprints, creating the same exact footprints just parallel to
them going up, going up. And then the next day happens. Same story going up, going up,
except these footprints are starting to fade away because it's windy. And then the next
day, oh, fresh snow. So I go up again. And then the next day, repeat. And I just repeat
this for weeks. And like I was doing this. And then over time, you start to see like
the same footprints. Like I pretty much memorized my footprint, this other guy's footprint,
and then another dude's footprint. There's like three people that are walking around
the park around this time every single day. And I can, I know their faces. And so we're
all just like walking at different times, but I've seen them around. And we just go
on a walk every day. And then recently, the snow started to thaw, started to thaw. And
I'm just like, okay, I'm going up this hill. Same thing, except no footprints to see. And
every single time I look at the same exact spot up the hill. And just the other day,
the sun was beaming. It was super sunny out. It was the warmest day all year. It was 50
degrees. And it was sunny. And so I'm like, Oh, I don't even need a coat. And so I pretty
much just wear my pants and my sweatshirt. And I don't wear a shirt underneath my sweatshirt.
And so I'm just wearing this pants and the sweatshirt and I don't wear underwear, but
that's a different story. And I started walking and I actually start to sweat. And so I'm
like, okay, I'm taking off the sweatshirt. So I'm now I'm shirtless. So this was my first
shirtless day of the year, which I'm like, let's go finally after literally months of
dealing with this dreaded snow and cold. I can go shirtless and get a tan finally, or
at least get some sun in my body. And it feels amazing. So I'm going down, walking down,
and then I get to the part where I'm at the hill. And so I'm going up and I'm like, Oh,
wow. And I get a flashback. I get a flashback from the net the sub zero days, the negative
30 degree days, literally just a couple weeks ago. And I'm just like, Wow, I've come a long
way. I've come a long way in my life. And just in the temperatures, it's now warm enough
to not wear a shirt. Future is looking bright. So I'm going up this hill walking up shirtless.
And I'm just like, Wow, this is an amazing experience. I was just extremely bundled
up in like four layers of clothing just a couple weeks ago. And now I'm completely shirtless.
And I'm comfortable to sun is beaming on me. So I go around that time, finish the walk.
And I feel amazing because shirtless and barefoot is the way to go. Now I wasn't barefoot, but
I was wearing barefoot shoes, which are basically like, if you're interested, look up earth runners.
That's what I wear, like the extremely minimalistic ones, like the primals, I'm pretty sure it's
what they're called. But that is amazing grounding and getting the sun.