I did my first barefoot adventure last night. First of all, I'm now trying to be barefoot as much as possible when I'm not at work. We do have stinging nettles in the grass around the farm, so I'm not sure how I'll work around that. We also have certain shoes that we only wear when we go into the goat pen which I can't exactly give up (at least, not yet!).

BUT, starting small, I decided to put out the trash and recycling without shoes last night. Our driveway is not very long, but it is all sharp gravel. It wasn't easy, but I kept telling myself to relax and to breathe easier, and I was able to step lighter and I survived. My feet were dirty, but no worse for the new wear!

I'm going to start with walking & working around the farm first. I'll progress up to running with time.