My favorite, like magic for my old age: running up and down stairs, two steps at a time. Keeping up momentum that way since my youth. Power walking — same effect. My senior kick scooter, a Razor purchased three years ago, carefully going downhill, with momentum from gravity. A new habit of rollerblading every Monday — my senior balance exercise, as I call it.
In junior high school, I did well in classes, but keeping up momentum for homework after walking miles uphill was a challenge for me. My neighbor cousin, who walked home with me, wanted to get his done immediately. David couldn’t relate to my procrastination. Lingering at my house on his way home, he encouraged me to get started. I’m grateful for his sacrificing some momentum to help a close friend improve.
The process of becoming a minimalist is served by momentum. As I’ve previously confessed, overcoming OC collecting is a constant battle for me since a turnaround ten years ago. I am happy to be blessed now with visible progress in this matter of momentum.
