This is November for 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 green paint over the black icons represents my foot injury in late September, where I found through a MRI at the end of October that I have a hairline fracture on two bones in my foot. My podiatrist told me to limit my walking to under 2 miles a day (and wear hiking boots for support) for at least the next month, which I did. I met with her again before Thanksgiving, and she said I could walk more as long as it didn't hurt, which it only does a few seconds every now and then, So, after Thanksgiving I tried walking 3-3.5 miles, still wearing hiking boots, and I didn't have any problems. I am not power walking though, just walking.
The picture below shows my walking in 2025 so far, with room for the rest of the year. The gold background paint represents days off from work, including weekends, holidays and vacations. The red represents walking 10,000 steps or more, and the yellow icon represents over 20,000 steps.
