Personal Narrative: Why We Should Spend More Time Outside

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I believe that we should spend more time outside. I believe that because kids are becoming obese these days and it is because they’re staying inside all day watching movies and not playing outside. The human body needs at least 60 minutes of exercise every day; most kids don’t even get one minute of exercise. This is a growing issue and needs to be solved. At a very young age, I loved to go outside and play, and I still do. There are so many more things you can do outside than inside. At the age of eight is really when I started to go outside a lot more. A motivating factor was that we moved homes. However, this house is in the woods with no neighbors on our street and just acres of fun woods around it. In the summer my brother Owen and I …show more content…

About 5 years ago we got two, very old snowmobiles. About a half a mile away from my house there is a big field where we would ride the snowmobiles. One time while my brother and I were back in the field and a snowmobile got stuck. Most of the time when a snowmobile got stuck, it was close to home and not too difficult to get out. However, this one was really stuck, a half a mile away from home. After a good thirty minutes of trying to get the snowmobile un-stuck, we decide to take a break, keeping it out there until the next day. The next day we went back and after another 30 minutes of moving it, shoveling snow, and falling over we finally got it! Most kids don’t have snowmobiles but the fact of the matter is being outside, having fun and laughing. One of my favorite things to do with the snowmobile it pull people behind it with a sled. Friends and family would always come …show more content…

Next to my house is Paint Creek Country Club. On one of the holes is a very big pond that has a lot of big bass in it. Monday is the day that the course is closed, and the day we fish. On this pond lives a lady that we refer to her as “The crazy lady,” this woman is not a friendly person. On a cloud, Monday afternoon, Austin, Nick, Owen, and I ventured out to go fishing. Thirty minutes go by and we have only caught one fish. From a distance we hear “Hey, you have to leave!” The crazy lady was yelling at us. We all ignored her, hoping she would go away. “Hey! Hey!” She is getting louder and louder, but we keep ignoring her. After five minutes of her yelling and us fishing she comes out of her house walking towards us. “Oh no!” In fear says Nick! We quickly gather our things and run to the golf cart getting out of there as quick as we can. These are the memories people remember forever, not the amazing kill they got playing video

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