Keeping a daily habit, any habit, comes with a risk that it eventually transforms from something you want to do into something that’s simply a chore. You do it without thinking. It’s so a part of who you are that you may not even remember if you did it or not. I don’t want my outdoor habit to be a chore. I want it to feel like recess, a concept introduced to me by New York Times best-selling author Gretechn Rubin in her recent guest episode with Humans Outside. What changes when I think about heading outside as recess instead of a chore? Listen now. Connect with this episode: Hear Gretchen Rubin on Humans Outside Join the Humans Outside Challenge Follow Humans Outside on Instagram Follow Humans Outside on Facebook Some of the good stuff: [:35] What might happen when you realize that every day is a lot of days [1:11] You don’t want this to feel like a chore [1:37] What I want it to feel like instead [2:15] What Gretchen Rubin taught me about this in our recent episode [2:50] Do you remember recess as a kid? [3:15] What would happen if I made my outdoor time recess [4:00] Here’s how that looks [4:45] Two great examples of this