Loneliness Is the New Smoking. Walking Might Be the Fix

This last fact is a bit different, and honestly it's the one that stuck with me the most. The Surgeon General came out and said that loneliness is now a public health crisis, and that being lonely is worse for you than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Fifteen.

Making Friends as an Adult Is Genuinely Hard

And the thing is, it's not because people don't want to be social. It's because making friends as an adult is genuinely hard. Like, where are you supposed to meet people? You're not gonna walk up to someone random at a coffee shop. You're not joining clubs like you did in school. There's just no easy, low-pressure way to connect with people anymore.

Walking Is the Most Natural Way Humans Connect

Walking with someone is probably the most natural way humans have ever socialized. You're side by side, you're moving, there's no awkward eye contact, and the conversation just flows. It takes all the pressure out of it.

That's Kind of Why I Built Walk With Me

So I made an app where you can see walks happening near you and just join one. Show up, walk, talk, that's it. No pressure, no commitment, just a walk. If that sounds like what you've been missing, this is the fastest way to meet people walking in your area, find a walking buddy, or plug into a walking community near you. It's the same idea behind everything we do around social walking.

And if anxiety is part of why reaching out feels hard, it helps to know that walking itself is basically free therapy.

It's on the App Store and Google Play. Go check it out and tell me what you think.