The odometer doesn’t lie about the miles. Make sure a few of them went somewhere worth going.

Distance covered and distance that meant something are two separate counts. Plenty of miles get spent on loops: the same route, the same arguments, the same scroll before bed. None of that registers as movement even though it costs effort, and the total ends up looking impressive while the map stays small.

Plan one trip this season that goes somewhere new, even an hour out. Cheap counts. A bus, a borrowed car, a bike and a whole afternoon. The aim is a single line on the map that is not a circle.