An attention exercise on the theme of rest barely disguised as a poem.

When you begin a walking or running program, there are several details you can track as evidence of improvement. Your step count. The length of your stride. Your pace. The amount of time it takes your heart to return to its recover its baseline resting rate. But how will you know when you’re getting better at noticing perceptions? 

What keeps us holding out for these perfect, comfortable lives that we imagine? And how can training your attention help address these habits?