Golf
Hours outdoors, walking, with a problem to solve that is not your own
Four hours outside, several miles of walking, and attention pinned to a small immediate problem that is not your own. People who play for their head rather than their handicap mention the slowness and the company. It is not cheap and it is not training, so it sits alongside gym work rather than replacing it.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Mark WahlbergDoes it
Actor and producer · The 2:30 a.m. daily routine
Calls golf the greatest game ever and says it brings people together; you can be as competitive as you want, he says, or just have fun if you are an average golfer like him. Boardroom notes he has been known to get 18 holes done in an hour.
Source: Boardroom: Mark Wahlberg Wants His Workout 'Me' Time to Be 'We' Time - Michael PhelpsDoes it
Olympic swimmer · Most decorated Olympian in history
Plays a lot of golf and calls it part of his toolkit for improving his mental headspace, next to working out five or six days a week.
Source: Fortune: Michael Phelps does these 5 things every day to be his 'best self'
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On record from 19 of 62 tracked people: 14 do it, 5 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
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On record from 13 of 62 tracked people: 11 do it, 1 recommends it, 1 has discussed it - HabitFREE, no cost
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A fixed time for prayer each morning, before the phone and before the day starts
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 4 do it
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