A crowded gym is not the only place where effort counts.

Effort gets credited where it is visible. The gym, the class, the tracked session all look like real work, while the stairs taken twice a day, the walk to the shops, the hour of gardening or carrying a child around quietly count for nothing in anyone’s ledger, including your own. Bodies do not make that distinction. It is social rather than physical.

Count what you already do this week before adding anything new. Movement that fits your life continues; movement that requires a whole new life usually does not.