Just Don't Call It Exercise

Hmmm,
 I want to call my current avocation something - parkathon, park quest, not it. . . I just know I can't call it exercising because that sounds like something other people do, like work like what you do at the end of a chapter of a self help book. However, I have engaged that addictive or acquisitive part in the quest to discover and collect experiences - pictures of park signs . . .

Exercise - perhaps a trip to the dictionary could help

Wiki:

Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, as well as for the purpose of enjoyment . . .

Oxford:

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'application of a right'): via Old French from Latin exercitium, from exercere 'keep busy, practise', from ex- 'thoroughly' + arcere 'keep in or away'

I heard something on parkour, let's see per Wiki:

Parkour (French pronunciation: [paʁˈkuʁ]) (abbreviated PK) is a physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles. Developed in France by David Belle, it is a method of training the human body to become stronger, more agile, and faster, while remaining efficient and able to move more freely. Participants learn to pass diverse obstacles by combining a variety of movements like running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, leaping, and rolling. It uses no equipment and is non-competitive.  .  .

Nope, not parkour . . .

Then I heard some on the radio mention the explorer gene . . . well . . . if they were waiting on someone to discover the new world . . . I don't think it would have been me  . . . but, I do have a bit more of the explorer gene than average, or maybe it's the wandering gene or wondering  . . . quite literally someone at work was complaining of boredom while I was simultaneously going, "What's this, oh, what's this??"

So I guess what I am doing is exploring, I went to 8 parks today all less than 5 miles from where I live - I am amazed they are places so close, but never seen before . . .
 
and while looking up the word exercise I got a bonus - the word for the from the Oxford - not one I have ever seen before:
  
akrasia 

Pronunciation: /əˈkreɪzɪə, əˈkrasɪə/

(also acrasia)

Definition of akrasia

noun

[mass noun] chiefly Philosophy

the state of mind in which someone acts against their better judgement through weakness of will.