It’s Time to #Try20
9 May 2016
This month is National Walking Month and, although we’ve got an office full of fairly active people, we spend a good deal of our time during week sat behind our computer screens. That’s why quite a few of us have taken up Living Streets’ #Try20 challenge—it’s easy, all you have to do is make an effort to walk for 20 minutes every day in the month of May.
Starting out last week, we had a lot of people walking up to the shop as an easy way to fit in those 20 minutes and I have to admit to having a quick stroll around the business park during lunch just to tick that box (and get the chance to have a bit of time to think through some particularly puzzling projects).
After a few days, though, treading this same route got a little old, so we decided to try something a bit more entertaining. Once again inspired by Living Streets, we starting having little competitions…
 We had people getting up close and personal with nature… |
 while others prefered a longer shot of the landscape. |
 Our city-dwellers went for more of an urban jungle motif. |
 And we think Danny and Billy just got lost looking for the pub. |
With these mini-activities and competitions, everyone who participated was able to easily get those 20 minutes of walking…or more for the folks who took up some extra challenges, including walking to/from home every day.
And more importantly than just achieving our #Try20 goals, we got out from behind our screens for a few minutes here and there, getting our legs working again and our eyes re-adjusted to natural light.
Some fresh air and sunlight can do wonders for your mood, I personally think we’ve been a much happier office since we started the #Try20 challenge.
Before I got my start in the tech industry as part of Apple’s UK Mac launch team, I was a professional drummer (notice I didn’t say musician). But once I got in, I was hooked and I’ve been involved in the tech industry, primarily software development, for over 35 years. I founded this company and I now have the enviable title of System Architect (as well as Managing Director) here at OpenCRM.