Came across this tweet quoted in my RSS feeds. Given that I’ve also been doing this – and light stretching – the last couple of months, I’m wondering how many of us are now having walking meetings without knowing about it.
No matter how informal the meeting, sitting in front of a computer/propped-up phone is not the same as sitting in a chair/couch in an in-person meeting. If we are going to be doing remote-first work for a while longer, the desk for anything more than an hour of conference calls is not an option. With walking you’re getting improved breathing and improved circulation. You pay better attention and stave off fatigue.
Some folks are getting a lot of walking done.
There are downsides, even with audio-only.
Someone else in the thread remarks how walking is fine until you have to take notes, but another reply says they take notes on their phone.
I think it’s great that we’re figuring this out. We’re creating new normals that are Internet-native.