Looking back at the week, the thing that stuck out is my neck and shoulders weren’t as locked up by evening as usual.
Work from home days usually end with my neck feeling like a brick, but actually doing the stretches instead of bookmarking the video for later is making a difference.
Yesterday I did the neck rolls instead of skipping them, and today I got through the chair squats before my coffee cooled down. Back to back like that almost never happens for me! Usually I’m good for a day and then it falls apart by the next afternoon.
What changed, I think, was the goal itself — a small thing instead of a full session. Between driving lessons and job applications eating my week, anything that takes real effort just doesn’t survive right now.
Next week I want to slide the walk in right after the stretches instead of treating it separately, while my shoulders are still loose. We’ll see if it actually holds.