Here is the month of August in my Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025 painting, a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I have documented my steps in paintings since 2016.
The black icons represent up to 9999 steps walked each day, red represents 10,000-19,999 steps and yellow represents 20,000-29,999 steps.
I was able to walk 10,000 steps or more on nine days (the red icons) because it was more mild summer weather, and on August 23rd I walked over 27,000 steps (the yellow icon), which was 8.8 miles) when we were on vacation in Boston, even though it's only 22 miles from our home. It was a lot of fun walking all over the City to the various places we wanted to visit. I loved not having a car! And I if I had had a little more time, I would have loved to walk over 30,000 steps, which I never not done during my time documenting my steps. The 27K was a milestone and I was very close to a bigger one!
The second week in August, I walked the same number of steps (over 6000 which is 2.5 miles +/-) each day, represented with the open square icons for six of the seven days. I struggled to walk because it was miserably hot and humid. I don't feel well when the weather is like that, but I pushed myself toward that minimum goal though I would have preferred to stay inside in air-conditioning.
The Iridescent Bright Gold background paint used to signify the days (mostly weekends, but also including holidays, vacations days, and sick days) I was not at work, which usually gives me more time to walk for exercise than the days I am at work, with the exception of sick days (of course).
The second picture shows January through August with plenty of room for the rest of the year.
