The document describes the walking routines of three individuals: an 82-year-old woman who walks for 40 minutes daily around her block to socialize with neighbors, an 80-year-old man who walks for 60 minutes evenings as a way to stay healthy and reflect on his day, and a 52-year-old man who walks his two dogs for 60 minutes evenings around a lake to unwind from work and see the sunset.

1. Walking Interviews
CS 377T (Behavior Design for better Health)
Nishant Jacob

2. Santosh Chhiber
What walking does she do?
- 82 year old women
- Walks 40 min a day
- Walks around her block (residential neighbourhood)
Why does she walk?
- Walking as opportunity to talk to neighbours
- Walks in the afternoon when the neighbours are on their porch's
How did she start walking?
- Started walking with her dog but got too big to handle
- Then realized that the neighbours would sit out on their porch's
- Found it fun to chat with them as she walked around the block
- Build a habit around going out for a walk to meet up with them
- After she gave the dog away - continued the behavior

3. Santosh Chhiber
Insights:
- Walking as a social experience
- Time to interact with the neighbours
- Designed to intersect w/t neighbours being outside
- Doesn't walk the entire time - intersperses walking with talking
- Used to be a functional behavior (dog walking)
- Now a social + enjoyable behavior - talking to friends

4. Gursharan Das
What walking does he do?
- 80 year old man
- walks 60 min a day
- walks in the evenings
Why does he walk?
- to stay healthy
- time to reflect on his day
- form of mindfulness
How did he start walking
- started as an activity he would do before dinner to build his appetite
- used it as a way to build rhythm into his evenings
- he never misses a walking session
- always walks at the same time of day

5. Gursharan Das
Insights:
- consistency is key
- picked a calm, pleasant time of day that would aid reflection
- made walking functional - helped build his appetite before dinner

6. Jacob Mathew
What walking does he do?
- 52 year old man
- walks 60 min a day
- Walks around the lake near his house
- Walks in the evening so he can see the sunset
- Walks 2 dogs
Why does he walk?
- way to unwind after office
- dogs get exercise
- gets to the see the sunset by the lake
How did he start walking?
- would take the dogs out right after he got home from office
- the dogs got used to the routine
- when he parked his car after office they would beg for a walk

7. Jacob Mathew
Insights:
- he trained the dogs, then they trained him
- the dogs became a trigger that's hard to avoid
- coupled walking with a pleasant activity - looking at the sunset
- associates it with stress relief after office