“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.”
General George S. Patton
My project was a lifestyle changing project. Due to the trash inventory assignment I notice that I was wasting a lot of plastic bottles. Then thanks to the environmental last quarter I learned that although, I recycle all plastic bottles, the recycling process produce a lot of pollution, thus I’m still harming the environment in a very crucial way. Therefore I decided to stop drinking water from plastic water bottles, and drink from the water fountain. I had issues with the water that comes from there because it tastes really bad, but to solve that problem I bought flavor powder so it tastes better. So far I have been saving so much plastic. Usually, I drink about 3-4 plastic water bottles, thus I’m saving all that plastic by changing a little bit of my habits.
The second thing that I changed about my lifestyle was energy wise. I use to leave my computer on all day, sometimes even when I went to class, or dinner. Thus, I have decided to make it a habit that every time I am walking out of my room, no matter for what I will put my laptop to sleep, so no energy will be consumed. However, I don’t know how to calculate how much energy I am saving since the bill doesn’t go to me. Even if I divide the whole bill with how many people there are in the building I still wouldn’t know.
Finally the third challenge I took on myself was to stop eating as much meat. I am only allowed to eat meat two days a week. So far it has been very hard since the options that the dinners provide aren’t too appetizing. However, I have stuck to my plan, and what I’m seeing is that I’m eating less meat than what I had set my mind too. Another observation is that I have been eating more fruit and way more carbs too. I am worry about my protein because they don’t have a lot of non-meat options that contain protein, which is why I didn’t want to go fully vegetarian. I like this because I feel like im not contributing to the slaughter of animals, also it makes me feel good about myself. After, watching the documentary in class I am very happy that I have chosen to stop eating meat for a while.
So far im succeeding in what I have set my mind to and im very happy with the results.
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Less meat than you had set your mind too is great! I was just at Walgreens today. They have stainless steel water bottles for 3 and 5 bucks. Everywhere else they cost 15-25 bucks! There's a Walgreens West on Wilshire. Number 2 BB bus will get you there. Then you won't have to drink that gross drinking fountain water (seriously it tastes like sucking on pennies)!
ReplyDeleteI really like the quote! You are going to be so proud of yourself after this quarter. I feel like it's difficult at first to make changes to a daily routine (at least for me), but I know that you'll learn a lot and it will change your life for the better.
ReplyDeleteI also leave my laptop on most of the time--this is something I should work on also!