I TEND TO THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. LIKE WHEN YOU ARE WALKING FROM YOUR CAR INTO WALMART OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL THAT CAR IS ABOUT 30 YARDS AWAY. THEN PACE IT OFF AND SEE IF YOU WERE RIGHT. MY WAY IS THIS, I GET MY RANGE FINDER OUT AND RANGE SOMETHING. SAY IT'S 20 YARDS AWAY. THEN I START OFF WITH MY LEFT FOOT AND COUNT PACES EVERY TIME MY LEFT FOOT HITS THE GROUND, WHEN I REACH THE SPOT I RANGED I KNOW HOW MANY PACES IT TAKES TO GET 20 YARDS. SO THEN WHEN YOU ARE IN A PARKING LOT AND YOU TAKE YOUR GUESSES YOU CAN ACTUALLY PACE IT OFF TO SEE IF YOU WERE RIGHT AND THEN YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A DUMMY WHEN YOU ARE COUNTING EACH STEP TOE TO HEEL.