Is anyone else just not outdoorsy/low energy

[Notadame]

I see so many people saying they love hiking, being outside in nature etc etc. I just cannot relate. I would love to feel like that but I simply don't. I like being indoors, or maybe on a warm day in my garden where I can pop in and out to the kettle and so on.

I can't imagine being the type of person who would enjoy donning my wet weather gear and trudging out in the woods in the pissing rain for instance.

I force myself to go out because it's good for my health (and for my kids), but I can't say it ever makes me happier than sitting at home with a tea and a book would.

Anyone else?? I seem to be surrounded by outdoorsy types 🤣

Yes by low energy I guess I just mean I would be happiest sat on my arse

What do you do for exercise, though?

Is no one reading my posts where I quite clearly say that I walk everywhere?

I simply don't enjoy it.

Maybe you don't enjoy the walking you do because you have to do it. If you wanted to walk for pleasure it would be different. I drive so when I go for a walk it is because I want to rather than because I have to.

Do you not think you might enjoy it more if you weren't forced to do it all the time, no matter what?

Me. I'm happy walking around a city, coz there's lots to look at, but in the countryside.... no thanks. I don't think I have ever "gone for a walk" for fun in my entire adult life - even in the pandemic, when we were told to.... no thanks, I'll stop inside and read a book!

I’d say this picture perfectly captures my thoughts on it. I’m outsidey not outdoorsy! And it’s definitely weather dependent….

LOL that picture is perfect!

I will never willingly 'go for a walk' and I have dogs. I wake up them as little as possible and thankfully DW loves walking them.

I would always rather be indoors. Why do people marvel at being outside? Walking through the same stretch of park seeing the exact same things you see every day... not fun for me.

I am autistic and part of the reason I hate it too is I'm never the right temperature. Start off too cold, end up too hot... whatever, I never feel right.

I doubt it, I felt the same when I used to drive.

I always make sure I get exercise and getting outdoors because it's important for my health. I simply don't enjoy it and never have.

I mostly just can't be arsed. Like I can never be arsed to go out and do things. I do them anyway. I just can't be arsed to.

It’s another thing that’s down to personal choice. I wouldn’t t intentionally go out in the pouring rain, but I’d take appropriate clothing if it’s forecast and enjoy the walk. I find it refreshing taking a walk when the weathers like it currently is, not so much when it’s hot

I find walking peps me up. I don't have poor mental health, but I always find after a walk I feel more cheerful.

There is a reason that walking is recommended for people with poor mental health.

Why do people marvel at being outside?

Why do people want to stay inside all the time? I get cabin fever if I stay in the house for 24 hours without setting foot outside, especially if the sun is shining.

I'm indoorsy. I think of the outside as something to go through, from the car to the house.

Yes, I did read that, but you also say you work from home, so it’s not clear what ‘walk everywhere’ might mean in terms of daily or weekly distances, and whether it’s enough for basic fitness..

I don’t drive, so I also walk or cycle everywhere, but I live much closer to this job than I did to my last job, so the amount of walking baked into my day is much less than it was.

@PearlTeapot hate temp changes, loud car noises, people walking behind me, sun in my eyes, perceived threat of walking alone in a quiet place.

(also ND)

Someone up thread made a snippy comment and people who prefer indoors not being inquisitive to the outside world. Maybe our brains are full and vibrant already, and our own company and space is rich in imagination and activity (mine is). We don't need to look at Kingfishers to feel happy and validated. But if you do babe, that's great! Kingfisher away!

I average 15k steps per day so I think I'm good. I'm self employed and home educated my eldest child so I don't sit at a desk in my bedroom 9-5.

Tim West said about his wife Prunella Scales that she was such a homebody that she didn't like having to open the door to put the milk bottles out.

I understand what you are saying OP - and I am one of those outdoorsy types! I genuinely do live being outside in all weathers, I love wild camping with no facilities and amenities, I revel in a tough remote all day hike to the middle of nowhere and the same again the next day. I have always been like that and I have become more so the older I get. So if you are the opposite, I reckon it is the same - you have become more indoor focussed over time.

Obviously I don't spend all day everyday out in the wilds because I have children and a job and a family - but that is my natural tug. Whereas your tug is the opposite. There is no right or wrong, just being comfortable with who you are.

This is me. I love the outdoors in summer when it's warm amd will happily hike up a mountain or walk miles through a forest, but I hate hate hate the cold and refuse to leave the house at all if it's raining. I don't own wet weather gear. I don't want to wrap up warm and go out anyway. I still exercise in winter/on wet days but I do it indoors at home or in the gym. Rain makes me beyond miserable.

Anyone who wants to tell me that there is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing can fuck right off.

Me. I quite often wish I was outdoorsy but I’m really not. I don’t like the feel of the sun on my skin in summer, and I’m always freezing in winter. The only time I really enjoy being outside is autumn because I like the colours and the smell. I do go outside, obviously, but the thought of a hike/bike ride/ outdoor picnic isn’t fun for me.

It’s ok to like what you like.

I don't go out on a country walk very often, and if I do - I don't go very far.
But you always see something, or experience something, new on a walk.
And getting home feels so nice, and eating a nice hot dinner - feels like you've earnt it and you feel satisfied you've done something healthy.
That's why I go on a walk sometimes.

Thank you for this lovely post and for showing others that it's possible to be different without being snippy!!

But you always see something, or experience something, new on a walk.

Do you? If you walk the dog round the same roads and through the same field every day? What's different?!

I find it so endlessly boring.

I don't have a dog.

I love walking so am definitely biased but I always see something different on even my most routine walks. Someone wearing a great outfit, a squirrel running along a fence or I bump into someone for a chat. Perhaps the dog will do something funny, a neighbour might have got a new car. The weather's never exactly the same, nature changes all the time.