Barefoot Thoughts

[serpentrose]

This spring I decided that shoes aren't for me. I have a number of reasons for this including the simple fact that I Do Not Like Shoes. I have no problem granting that there are times and places where I would not wish to go barefoot, such as when there are several inches of snow on the ground

Comments

[gruberman]

I'm curious if you've had any problems due violating social norms. I simply could not be barefoot at work for instance.

Any businesses turn you away due to "no shirt, no shoes no service problems"?

[serpentrose]

Not as of yet, but I suspect it's only a matter of time. Truth is I don't get out much and tend to prefer going to more casual places.

[mmarques]

The few occasions when you must wear shoes, what type do you choose? Some types are less confining.... for example, I've had inexpensive Chinese shoes that are a cloth upper on a rubber sole.

[serpentrose]

Right now I have a pair of black beach shoes, those being the most minimal I could find at Zellers when I went there with my gift cards :D I'm not entirely happy with them, but they didn't cost much and they will do until I can get something better.

[epi_lj]

I don't think I could personally go barefoot, but I'm still pondering the Vibram Five Fingers, which I'm hoping will bring most of the plusses without wigging me out. That's cool that this is mostly working out well for you, though. When I was reading up about the Five Fingers, I also read a lot of barefoot blogs, and they all said that you adjust to the muscle strain just fine after a while, and in fact that it can help cure a lot of food problems that we just sort of symptomatically enable right now -- for example, that it can help strengthen the muscles that cause fallen arches rather than coddle them.

[serpentrose]

Yeah, I figure the muscle thing is just temporary until they get used to the new work load. Unless, of course, I make a habit of upping the work load faster than they can handle.