"Taking a walk in the countryside, like listening to a favorite song or meeting friends for an evening of conversation, is thus a good example of what the philosopher [[Kieran Setiya]] calls an “atelic activity,” meaning that its value isn’t derived from its telos, or ultimate aim. "You shouldn’t be aiming to get a walk “done”; nor are you likely to reach a point in life when you’ve accomplished all the walking you were aiming to do. “You can stop doing these things, and you eventually will, but you cannot complete them,” [[Kieran Setiya|Setiya]] explains. **They have “no outcome whose achievement exhausts them and therefore brings them to an end.” And so the only reason to do them is for themselves alone: “There is no more to going for a walk than what you are doing right now.”"** --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[exercise]], [[hobbies]], [[work-life-balance]],[[attention]], **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]]