My DATA

“10 000 steps daily is the goal”

People who know me very well will tell you that I’m obsessed about DATA (not that one, the one that makes information). My latest data obsession, thanks to lockdown, has been my steps (the amount of steps I take everyday). 

I’ve been paying attention to my steps partly because I know it’s one of the ways I can measure the quality of my health (I worry less about weight, I’ve got the fastest metabolism in my family).

According to my Watch, on a normal day (before lockdown) I would approximately walk 10 000 steps. As I write, I’ve walked 3708 steps and I woke up at 5am this morning, yes 5am to read US media developments before I join the Diary meeting via Google Hangout. By the time I sleep, probably at 10pm I will have walked 5500 steps.

That’s how much inactive I’ve become and I know because of my health data sourced from my watch. As from tomorrow, I will kickstart a habit that will get me to walk my 10 000 steps on average (in the yard of course, I’m locked in). My new habit should keep me in good health I guess. 

The point I’m trying to make here is that DATA matters, without it nothing can be measured. Start gathering data about your life and you will see some great improvements…