You know how stuff like garden work and cleaning are often spoken of as good ways to be active? My silly problem is that I live in a small apartment with very little need for such things so I just sit on my couch while at home. Does anyone else have the same problem?

You know how stuff like garden work and cleaning are often spoken of as good ways to be active? My silly problem is that I live in a small apartment with very little need for such things so I just sit on my couch while at home. Does anyone else have the same problem?I try to go to the gym three times a week and I walk everywhere (most days at least 8 km), but it kind of bothers me how much I just sit around when I'm at home. Also, since I study at a university, most of my days also consist of sitting at a desk. Here in Finland we have the word "hyötyliikunta" (my not very good translation: moving for a purpose) for everyday things you do that aren't actually exercise but keep you active, and things like raking leaves and cleaning are often classified as hyötyliikunta and encouraged to keep you active. And I'd really like to do stuff that keeps me active while I'm doing something purposeful, but since I live in a small apartment with just a balcony and no yard there is very little for me to do that requires any activity. Is anyone else living in similar conditions bothered by this? Sometimes it would be nice to do something that's useful in another way than just getting me in better shape, but I have no idea what I'd do. I thought about looking for people who need someone to do some garden work for them because it would be nice and a good way to earn some extra money, but Finland isn't exactly a place where you can just go knocking on people's doors to ask. Does anyone have any ideas? submitted by /u/illusias [link] [comments]

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