What's Up in The Academy?

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A Comedy of Steps

A Comedy of Steps

My obsession with 10,000 and beyond

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Dr. Laura De Veau
Nov 04, 2024
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A Comedy of Steps
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It’s 8:25 p.m., and I’m at 8,756 steps. I pop on a YouTube video and start to walk to an 80’s soundtrack. My worth as a human being seems directly proportional to the number of steps I take each day… It’s an obsession. You know you’re in too deep when you start feeling anxious about not hitting that magical 10,000-step mark.

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