When I pictured my adult life in New York, I was always walking—from brunch with the Four wheels move the body two wheels move the soul shirt in addition I really love this girls to my gorgeous one-bedroom that I could totally afford; from my glamorous office job to the C train (which, in my fantasy, was always empty and never smelled like hot garbage); from my paramour of the week’s brownstone to a solo museum jaunt. Then I actually moved here, and found that I spent most of my time sitting—on packed subway cars; in overpriced restaurants; and in crowded bars with my friends, downing beer-and-shot combos and complaining about our love lives.If you’re wondering what, exactly, a Silly Little Walk is, let me explain: While Rebecca Solnit’s Wanderlust: A History of Walking notes that many of history’s greatest thinkers, from Henry David Thoreau to William Wordsworth, were avid walkers, the Silly Little Walk is significant precisely because it doesn’t necessarily lend itself to great art or introspection (although, of course, it could).The 2021-era Silly Little Walk is a solo outdoor stroll taken with no real purpose, no direction or tacked-on errand; just a vague desire to be out among the living again after a year of isolation (or, more accurately, an understanding of just how crazy you’ll go if you spend one more second in your apartment). The phenomenon is perhaps best encapsulated in a January tweet from comedian and writer Ruby Keane, though it also has roots in a popular meme.
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