Quiet Walking

Quiet walking? People are probably having enough thoughts to not need music / phone conversations or whatever!

I leave my phone at home. What kind of walking is that?

As ridiculous as having your baby fall asleep on you now being called a ‘contact nap’ 🙄

That's it. We can invent the new Quiet Walking app which plays.....nothing through your headphones / earbuds.

I usually walk with the dog, so can't use headphones as he knows when I'm not paying attention to him and goes off piste.

There's a thread in the craft board about how rude this is. I'm a public crocheter so have a vested interest

This question has been pondered! 😅

It's 'safer walking' where you pay attention to what is going on around you in case a mugger or rapist sneaks up on you.

But did you really run if its not on strava???

UnctuousUnicorns my parents were the same.

My mother used the same shopping bag for over 40 years. It was a good size and shape, and didn't wear out, that's all. She never needed to show off on TicToc or Instagram about sustainability or whatever.

I thought this was going to be a thread about heavy-footed types…

Not only am I a Quiet Walker, but also a Quiet Breakfast-maker, Quiet Washer-upper and Quiet Bathroom-cleaner. I love peace and quiet. I’m clearly advanced level.

There's also a thing called naked running. Not quite what you'd think but no running watch, no recording app on phone, just, well...running

"I do remember my nan being amused by our generation's obsession with recycling, she was doing all that stuff way before it became fashionable in the 80s/90s, so maybe it's a generational thing."

Back in the days when it was called "Make do and mend". 😅

My local radio station was having fun with this the other day, pointing out that this is what people have been doing for many thousands of years.

Bless all the youngsters who think they have discovered something new though. I wonder what their next discovery will be?

Oh another one. Another is baby led weaning😏 my mid 20s kid did baby led weaning, as I was led by his need, altho back then there was no fancy name for it. It's amazing how people THiNK they have discovered something new when they really haven't

Another annoying one is 'forest bathing' - it's a walk in the woods fgs!

To be fair, I started doing this a while back (without giving it a wanky name).

I realised that I'm never just alone with my thoughts any more. I've always got a podcast, or music on if I'm out for a walk or cooking or whatever, or I'm watching TV, reading a book, or scrolling reddit or Mumsnet etc.

The only time I'm alone with my thoughts is when I'm in bed actively trying to sleep, and so it takes me forever to go to sleep because I'm mulling things over in my head.

So I started building time into my day to just think. I go for a walk every day so that was the obvious choice, but some days I'll just not put a podcast on when I'm cooking, or cleaning etc.

It's done wonders for me sleep, because my head just isn't as busy any more at night. I can see how teenagers would think its this big new discovery, because honestly if felt a bit like that to me, and I'm a child of the 80s!

It shows how fucked we are when walking without being plugged in is being portrayed as some new trend.

It’s always depressing when you do the same thing for so long it becomes trendy

It's walking and enjoying your surroundings I do it daily with my kids lol

Ah well, let them think they invented it, let them embrace it and let's have less accidents and more focus. 😅

I have done numerous silent retreats and don't recognise your description at all! But all of mine have been staying with a religious community, feeling unbelievably cherished, well fed and having had lots of solitary walking in the depths of the Dorset countryside. Yours sounds like a very poor and distant relation.

A coat with no pockets for your phone, headphones etc so you're not tempted while out on your, um, 'quiet walk'.

I love all these new-not-new ideas people latch onto & think they're being oh so original- 'wild' camping & 'wild' swimming seem especially ridiculous, as they were just normal activities for rural kids when I was growing up, as we didn't have access to public swimming pools.

I do remember my nan being amused by our generation's obsession with recycling, she was doing all that stuff way before it became fashionable in the 80s/90s, so maybe it's a generational thing.

The term 'wild swimming' makes me pucker up my face in annoyance.

It's like when magazines and weekend papers wanked themselves silly over 'hygge' for a few years. Oh just light some candles and buy some throws, Julian, and shaddap.

I for one will not be partaking in 'quiet walking'. I like stomping along to a nice loud playlist.

My ds asks for toasted sandwiches with 'raw toast'

Will there be some wanky coat or other garment you need to wear when out doing your Quiet Walking? I'd lay money one someone cashing in on this innovative new 'trend'.