I can't afford a car and walk everywhere. There are many people
walking in this city, the sidewalks can get kinda crowded.

i have been walking for 3 months. a blessing in disguise. my vehicle made me a slave,,,,,,,,,,and i'm lonely.....for what i'm confused.

dont feel bad!! i walk around alone a lot! i love the quietness of it and being close to nature,im able to just relax and clear my mind when i walk. this is just how i feel.
perhaps try thinking of all the benefits of walking and what you are thankful for. like example "its sunny, more healthy" etc.
i suppose its all about perspective :) dont give up on walking!! there will be better days

my rust belt town certainly isn't any new suburbs, but almost seems it now days, compared to when i was a kid, when there were mom & pop stores scattered throughout town...now seems as though it's all the decaying main drag, with even the park only having a person by themself (now that the group druggies were kicked out)

I cannot walk much because of knee surgery five times...but the other day I did walk for the dog to go to the groomer around corner from my house and few blocks away...he needed toe nails trimmed...it was nice day and I did not take the car for three block walk one way....to be honest I liked being out with my dog on leash...but I cannot go far....

hugs bill

I don't really know you all too well to say, but if you've got a phone or can find a cheap Ipod or Mp3 you could listen to music while you walk. Takes away the emptiness. But it seems you walk for an actual purpose. I jog on the treadmill every weekday and I listen to the radio when I do. Much more at ease and enjoyable.

Lot of people in my town walk these days. But that's probably because our mayor is putting in so many damned roundabouts, people are afraid to drive. But I can imagine how lonely those walks must be without any to talk to. I used to walk home from school with a couple friends in my neighborhood. It was fun when they walked with me cause we could talk about things, but on the days where I'd walk alone, it was a drag. And seemed a lot longer of a walk.

hugs, bill.

knee surgery...i'm glad my broken leg was right below the knee and not knee itself.

i never could get myself to trim my dog's nails; maybe afraid; cats nails seem less trouble.

hello, Cbayne914,

Watch out for those earphones----I have a 24 hr ringing in my ears, from 1984, probably from a combination of things, including earphones.

Once your ears are shot, they're shot for good; no remedies.

yes, heretic...too many on a sidewalk would be maybe worse for me than nobody on sidewalk.

Care1...I felt my safest in my car, and then my bicycle...now eternally confused me is stuck walking, making me feel like a turtle without a shell.

lucillegem...yeah, my mind goes blank walking, unlike when i was biking, with my mind racing while zooming around on bike.

thank you, all, for your replies.

Hello pentucky :) I actually don't use headphones. I use my phone and listen live to a radio station. Just crank up the volume and listen. And I don't like those headphones you actually stick in your ears, more the ones that just cover your ears. But I've had ear problems before. My left was actually clogged up for about 4 years. Never went to a doctor about it because our insurance wasn't that great at the time. So I just accepted being partially deaf in that ear. Finally got it unclogged last year.

Cbayne914,

back in 1988 an ear specialist used a mini-vacume cleaner to suck the wax out of my ears; cost $150 and fixed my ears....till next day.

another 2 mile walmart walk this morning, though with carly simon lyrics of 'these are the good old days" somehow stuck in my brain!

Not sure what it's called, but what they used on me was a device that shoots warm water in your ear and cleans it out. Feels really weird, but at the same time feels pretty good. I think now there's a device you can just buy from a pharmacy or something that is like that vacuum you mentioned.

I live in a walking city, and always enjoyed walking everywhere. Now that I am abandoned and alone, I walk just to kill some of the endless hours in each day. Sadly though, I need knee surgery so a lot of that walking will have to be put on hold...

i am starting to believe, hope, that my walking is helping to make me less depressed....despite all the nice cars effortlessly zooming by me.

i even read in a walmart tabloid that walking helps reduce lower back pain.