Walking To A Better 2023 - Health Is Wealth

To improve my fitness, I had previously set a goal to clock an average of 8,000 steps on a daily basis for 2023. To put the numbers in perspective, my average step count for 2022 was about 4,656 steps.

It has now been seven months into the year and I thought I would share my progress and reflect on my journey thus far.

The Numbers

July wasn't a great month as I continued to be bogged down by work. Nonetheless, I managed to clock an average of 6,465 steps daily, which was still okay. As a result, the overall average made a slight dip, from 6,700 to 6,666 steps currently. That said, it is still way short of the 8,000 steps target.

Health Is Wealth!

I would share bits about my life along this journey of Walking To A Better 2023, and this month is no different.

In this month, I would like to talk about a recent incident that reinforced the fact that health is wealth indeed. I travelled to Bangkok recently, and in the middle of the trip, my travel companion suffered from food poisoning and had to stay in bed for the entire day. It was still quite bad after a day of rest, so he decided to call for a doctor to the hotel to check on him. The entire consultation and medication came up about more than USD 200 equivalent, which was not surprising considering it was an outcall service and a doctor and a nurse came within an hour and attended to him. Fortunately he had travel insurance, he would be able to claim for it.

Such incidents are indeed scary and also a wake up call that no matter how much wealth we have, in the event we are unwell, we won't be able to enjoy our lives and be confined to our resting areas, and not have the appetite to eat the tasty food as well. So amidst all the hectic-ness of our lives, be it working or chasing other goals, do remember to take good care of ourselves.

Summing Up

So July was an okay month and let's see how August would turn out. I will be travelling quite a fair bit in August so hopefully the step count will get a good boost. Well, I am still not sure whether I can hit my 8,000 steps target but I will just keep doing my best and enjoy the process! Like what some say, it's not always the outcome but the journey that counts! :)

Thanks for reading and have a pleasant week ahead!