My ex owned the last car I drove. She did not have a license, so I was pretty much the only person to ever drive in the house. Now I'm out of her house, so no more car. I'm walking everywhere in an extremely car dependant area, there's public transport it just sucks ass. However, I'm liking the walking. The more I do it, the less I even think about it. My ass is gonna look great, I can still get pretty much everything I care about within walking distance, life is good.
I am in a similar spot. There is a grocery store easy walking distance from me. There is also a 6 lane medium speed street, might actually be a highway, and a freeway on ramp right there. That intersection is scary with a car. I know I should be walking there but I haven't worked up the nerve yet.
I'm pretty far gone on the "stop making excuses for taking the car" scale and I don't think that is something you should approach without a car
Username checks out (you can call me 5bicycles)
Yeah, making a habit of walking something like what you’re describing is not a great plan. Make noise at your city council meetings instead.