Arnold Schwarzenegger

had seven cat

make my own money

one that will serve California’s drivers, students, and farmers long after I’m gone—my final two and a half years in the Capitol, which I spent in the thick of the global financial crisis, felt like being stuck in a clothes dryer with a load of bricks. It was nothing but beating after beating from every direction.

rainy-day funds

Then my own social media channels started to grow, because anytime I used them to share my wisdom about urgent matters of the day or to offer a calm voice amid the chaos, those videos went even more viral.

I know this isn’t as easy as it sounds. Life gets crowded and complicated as you get older. It can be hard to find space and time and not feel like you’re trading off some bigger set of responsibilities, especially now that you’ve got these little daily, weekly, and monthly goals that you’re crushing. And guess what, it is hard at first. But do
you know what’s harder? Living a life you hate. That’s hard. This, by comparison, is a walk in the park.

A 2014 study by researchers at Stanford University showed that walking increased the creative thinking of 100 percent of the study participants who were asked to walk while completing a series of creative tasks.

By the end of the Camino, after nearly three weeks of walking across fields, through small towns, up and over mountains and valleys, he’d made the decision to quit his job. “The change threw my life in a new and wonderful direction, and I’m thankful to walking for helping me achieve that.”