Matt Duperon

Mindfully Sustainable, Koru @ SU

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participant impact

UP TO

90

minutes

spent exercising
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420

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spent outdoors
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110

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being mindful

Matt's actions

Health

Go get a check up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

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Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

I will take a 10-minute walk outside each day.

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Simplicity

Meditate

I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 10 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.

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Health

Reduce refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

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Nature

Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

I will enjoy the sunrise and/or sunset each day.

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Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

Matt Duperon 10/23/2019 8:22 AM

It's the last day of the sugar fast... and someone left a leftover chocolate birthday cake out in the common area. OMG so tempted. I will not go down like this! I'll have to be content with an apple instead...

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- Christian Reifsteck 10/24/2019 8:31 AM
  
  Wow, Matt, that's dedication! Great job!
  
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Matt Duperon 10/15/2019 9:29 AM

I'm embarrassed that I haven't completed all my challenges for even a single day so far, and we're already 2/3 of the way through. I still have not broken the sugar fast though, and it seems like going for a walk has been the hardest thing for me to accomplish.

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- Christian Reifsteck 10/16/2019 12:27 PM
  
  The sugar fast is impressive, Matt. That's not easy to do.
  
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Matt Duperon 10/15/2019 9:29 AM

I'm embarrassed that I haven't completed all my challenges for even a single day so far, and we're already 2/3 of the way through. I still have not broken the sugar fast though, and it seems like going for a walk has been the hardest thing for me to accomplish.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Simplicity Meditate

What would you like to invest more time in reflecting on?

Matt Duperon 10/11/2019 8:51 AM

I think I should invest more time reflecting on how I can be a better husband, father, friend, coworker, etc. This is hard to do because it requires looking at one's shortcomings, and that's tough sometimes. So, I don't know if I can say I would like it, but I definitely ought to do it more!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

Father Thomas Berry says, "...our primary purpose is celebration. Celebration of the dawn and the sunset and the different seasons of the year is a religious ritual, a way in which humans can establish their integral relationship with the universe, with the planet Earth." Respond to Berry's assertion.

Matt Duperon 10/09/2019 1:18 PM

YAAAAASSSSSS! See, that's what I'm talking about, Fr. Berry! Sat out on the patio yesterday while the sun went down and my wife read our book aloud to me. I'd be hard pressed to think of a better way to spend an autumn evening--and all of it free (it was a library book, of course).

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Matt Duperon 10/09/2019 8:39 AM

I still haven't intentionally eaten any refined sugar, but I'm pretty sure there has been some kind of corn syrup or something in bread I've eaten. I also broke down today and bought some local apple butter at the farmer's market to put on oatmeal, pancakes, etc. I'm telling myself that it's just like really tasty apple sauce, and not a kind of refined sugar. (Technically it's *concentrated*, not refined!)

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Reduce refined sugar

Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?

Matt Duperon 10/02/2019 5:40 PM

This is already very hard. I've done this before, and I'm trying to do it all the way: no added sweeteners of any kind, and no foods that contain refined sugar at all. Sugar withdrawal is a real thing.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Go get a check up

How do you practice self care?

Matt Duperon 10/02/2019 7:20 AM

First things first: made my annual physical appointment. Much easier than quitting sugar lololololol

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- Christian Reifsteck 10/07/2019 8:30 AM
  
  Yes, I needed to do this, too, Matt, so the Ecochallenge was great for a push to get it done.
  
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