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[Justin Owings @justinowings]

Spotted this young fox across the street, watching me walk by as he bathed in the rising sun.

In a moment like this I get this feeling of consciousness, like a theory of mind.

The fox moved ahead, and that was that.

Morning walks.
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(Justin here: I also have a pair and love these things. Incredible product.)

[Justin 🦶 BirthdayShoes @bdayshoes]

Jarvis drops a review of the Shamma Sandals Pacific Avenue.

Imagine Rainbow flip-flops.
Make them lighter.
Give them a soft, flexible sole.
Add a back strap to locks them on.
Make the entire sandal premium.

The result is the Pacific Avenue.

[Justin 🦶 BirthdayShoes @bdayshoes]

Read the review and subscribe to get an exclusive 10% off coupon.

https://t.co/8odNG8egS9

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

Behind daily step goals and needed to clear my head. Did old man 3 mile run on the treadmill.

Testing LUNA Mono Retro huaraches, tracking mileage to see how the Vibram Morflex soles degrade over time. Also seeing how they feel running. Need for a "tech strap" is interesting.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

The Lems Switchback sandal is a novel addition to modern huarache-style sandals. It uses a ladder lock + proprietary "Slydr" ring to tighten heel and instep with one hand.

Folks will (and do) like them. @bdayshoes review after 60mi of asphalt, trails, even a couple 4-mile runs.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

This turtle stalled out at a very dangerous spot this morning. Got him to safety.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

The mindset gets you looking for movement opportunities.

So at soccer tryouts for my oldest—sitting, watching. Realized I was sitting atop stairs.

Needed 3K steps (minimum), so I got to walking, all while sideways watching my kid. Pacing up and down.

Will finds way.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

To that end, been publishing on @bdayshoes about steps and walking (and running) — building more movement into my life.

Have recently published a "how to" that supplies lots of methods to build more movement into all parts of your day.

Check it out https://t.co/TlEADeZmiC

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

For the longest time I've been a proponent of getting stronger, eating healthy, being healthy.

But it took me forever to build more, simple movement into my day-to-day life.

Delaying daily movement was a mistake I've taken "steps" to fixing.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

You can just do things is step one — just the beginning because once you start doing, real life is going to push back. It's going to get messy, and it's going to feel harder than ever.

A new post at my site, link to follow.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

If you're curious about how many steps a day you'd have to reach to hit an arbitrary annual goal, there's a calculator for that.

https://t.co/phN3VGDJoe

(I need to update it to complain if you put in #s higher than, perhaps, 50M.)

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

@XeroShoes Here's the full review that just went out to subs:

https://t.co/pouuFYAw5n

[Jeff Anderson @amountainpass]

@justinowings @bdayshoes @XeroShoes I had Chaco's but didn't like the formed base. Found Shamma sandals. Bought warriors. Loved them but thought I wanted a thicker sole. Bought some Maximus....., I like them but think I'll get another warrior when time. Never thought I'd go to barefoot shoes but very glad I did.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

My 5-million steps go-to shoe? The @XeroShoes HFS Original. And some 1–2K miles and two years (almost to the day) later, I'm finally writing a review.

TL;DR: I really like these shoes. They're lightweight, durably soled, foot-friendly — and they look good too.

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@justinowings @LemsShoes https://t.co/tf51bvFOiw

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

Business or casual sandals.

Below, Lems "Switchback" vs. Soft Star "Camino."

I like these both, so far. Both very different from each other. Bought the Soft Stars a couple weeks back and just got the Lems this afternoon.

Lemme know if you have any questions.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

Business or casual sandals.

Below, Lems "Switchback" vs. Soft Star "Camino."

I like these both, so far. Both very different from each other. Bought the Soft Stars a couple weeks back and just got the Lems this afternoon.

Lemme know if you have any questions.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

Never occurred to me that @LemsShoes hadn't dropped a sandal before. "Go ahead and take my money."

We'll see how these go.

[Justin Owings @justinowings]

@TuckerGoodrich @McdougallChris @BarefootTed @johndurant @ErwanLeCorre Steven Sashen @XeroShoes

Where's the time go?

[Tucker Goodrich @TuckerGoodrich]

That was a great day!

@McdougallChris @BarefootTed @johndurant