As I was wandering around the house, looking for something, I suddenly had a brainwave!! It stopped me right in my tracks, halfway up the stairs - a very dangerous place to stop and think.
Wanting what I have forgotten to bring to my desk makes me get OUT of my chair!! Then I have to think where this item might actually be - which means crossing several rooms - sometimes even going upstairs.
Forgetfulness in the aged is nature's way of compelling them to take exercise!! The thought of 'going for a walk' is usually confined to fine weather days and often done reluctantly. But searching for something you think you need at that moment makes you forget to think of the wandering as exercise! And yet - there you are, moving, standing, sometimes even stretching to look over, or under - whatever, a chair, a table...
A slight downside...if you pass through the kitchen in your wanderings perhaps you should discipline yourself NOT to STOP for another cup of coffee or tea - and certainly not for a glass of something...
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