Ella Yost

Today is the first day that I didn't complete all of my challenges in a day. I was pretty upset about it, because it isn't really a hard task to complete. I just got preoccupied and wasn't really having the greatest day, so I didn't get around to it. I'm still glad that I've done it this far, and one missed day shouldn't discourage me. I can still keep doing the challenge and make any little impact I can.

I've been pretty happy with how my de-clutter challenge has been going lately. There are projects that I've been wanting to start like going through clothes, cleaning, reorganizing, etc., that I never started just because it seemed like too big of a deal. This challenge has helped me stay on it by even just doing one little part each day. Any little progress helps. Just like any little thing you can do to help the environment is worth it.

The "turn it off" energy challenge has been quite easy for me, so I decided to try and make the challenge harder for me. At night, I normally have a lamp and some string lights on in my bedroom. Tonight I'm only using candles in my room for a little less harsh light and to eliminate the energy use completely. I might continue to do this, since I don't really need it to be that bright at night and it helps save so much electricity.

My challenges have still been going pretty good. It's getting easier to complete them now. For the eat mindfully challenge, I've begun just leaving my phone in my bedroom or in another room so that I'm not even tempted to look at it while I'm eating. I'm also really liking the results of the de-clutter challenge. Each day I've taken a different region of my bedroom to clean, reorganize or de-clutter. The turn it off challenge to save energy has been pretty easy for me, but I've been trying to get my family members to do it too, since they have a habit of leaving things on when they aren't using them.

The challenge I'm having the hardest time completing is the de-clutter challenge. It always seems like I'm making more clutter rather than reducing the clutter. Yesterday and today I worked on de-cluttering, cleaning, and reorganizing a shelf in my bedroom. I had books, art supplies, and lots of other things sprawled out all across my bedroom floor. Eventually I managed to reorganize the shelf to my liking. I still have a small pile of things on my floor that don't belong on the shelf anymore, but that's just something for me to de-clutter tomorrow.