Get a small portable induction burner for your sauces, cheap and it tucks away when you don't need it. We run one flat top plus two of those and it covers everything.

My friend had a bride say her braids looked "too stiff" and she cried in her car after. She ended up loosening everything and now she books way more clients... sometimes the sting is actually useful info.

The walk was never the point, the sitting still with a pencil was. That is a nice story but it proves the opposite of what you claim. If sitting still is what matters, you can do that at your desk, in a break room, or on a bench outside the building. You do not need a company sponsored walk for that. The walk is what got you out of the office and away from your screen, and that is the only reason the sketching happened at all. Most people who "sneak a real hobby into the work day" are just avoiding their jobs, and the boss pushing walks knows it keeps you from burning out and quitting.