From my apartment and to the Sam’s Club entrance off Great Hills Trail, the sidewalk is split into concrete sections.

These sections are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 strides long.

I don’t know what that translates to in terms of meters or feet – but it works well enough for me.

I prefer the even-stride ones, because I can start each new section with the same foot. This brings order to the chaos of the universe, somehow.

And that is good.