I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 1 cups of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.
COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION
Health
Happiness
I will write down three things every day for two weeks that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.
COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION
Nature
Spend Time Outside
I will replace 5 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside.
COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION
Food
Cook New Recipes
I will cook a new recipe every day that features organic and/or local ingredients.
COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS
Nature
Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset
I will enjoy the sunrise and/or sunset each day.
COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS
Simplicity
Less Screen Time
I will replace 20 minute(s) of screen time per day with other activities.
COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS
Simplicity
Track my Purchases
I will maintain a record of all my purchases.
COMPLETED 5
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Waste
Go Paperless
I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions.
COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION
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I can't eat that many fruits and veggies. In fact, at age 66 I barely eat 2 meals a day. However, I am very healthy. Today, I took four bags of a friend's paper products and put it all into my recycle bin. The one thing I wish would have been focused on more is OVERPOPULATION. Can you add that topic top future projects/challenges? I also wish more cities would put the homeless to work cleaning up litter, sorting it and recycling. I know Albuquerque has one such program and it looks like it is very successful. Companies need to CUT DOWN on packaging waste--it is horrendous--and bottled water must come to an end unless there are dire emergencies. I didn't complete all of my challenges but I am determined to get my two-weeks worth of three happy things done.
Here are a few things I do to make a difference: I don't shower/bathe every day. Unless one is working hard labor jobs, sweating a lot and getting covered in dust and dirt. there's no need to clean one's entire body every day. The same goes for hair washing. I never send my yard waste to a land fill. I always take it to my local yard waste recycling facility. My husband and I have three low-flow toilets and still only flush every third or fourth time. I had one child. No one should have more than two children. LET'S TALK ABOUT OVERPOPULATION MORE!!
My profile photo depicts the amount of litter I picked up along a stretch of beach in front of our condo in Biloxi, MS in 2012. I did this every other day for a month while we were staying there and sometimes I would gather even more. It was rewarding but also very depressing. People looked at me like I was crazy. The other sad part was that there were no recycling facilities in the region so I had to throw away all of the recyclables. The second photo shows what I gathered on a different day.