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Episode 673: When Did You Make Going Outside Hard?

Grace & Grit Podcast · Sep 28, 2026 · 6:45

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It is too hot. It is too cold. There are no sidewalks in my neighborhood. I do not have the right shoes. I do not have enough time.

We have become extraordinarily creative at making one of the most basic and universally available health practices feel inaccessible.

In this episode I gently dismantle the excuse taxonomy: weather excuses, infrastructure excuses, and time excuses. I make the case that almost none of them are as insurmountable as they feel, and that the threshold for what counts as acceptable outdoor conditions has simply crept too high. I also explore what we have lost by staying in, the restorative quality of attention that natural environments provide, and how to reduce the friction between you and outside until going out becomes the default rather than the deliberate choice.

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