Looking up

I have this thing when I walk.

I look down as I walk.

I look down, watch the ground, don't look up. I have done this for as long as I can remember. I have memories of walking around my junior high school, looking down, looking up briefly and seeing so many faces, and immediately looking back down.

My usual focus is around 3 meters in front of me, not at my feet. This is mostly when I walk by myself. If I'm holding my cutie's hand, then I look up as a walk (for the most part, not always, though).

While my looking-down walking technique is sometimes fruitful (I believe I have found more money on the ground than any of my friends, mostly because that's where I'm looking), it isn't where I want to be looking.

I want to be walking looking forward. I want my walking style to reflect my inner self, the confident woman who is looking forward at the amazing world around her.

So, I've been working on looking up during my morning walks. It doesn't come naturally. I suspect I'll need the decades I've been looking down to unbreak that habit.

I'll just keep walking, looking up.