Claire Nolan

This is a situation I frequently find myself in. I own reusable bags, but frequently forget them at home when I go shopping. Because of this ecochallenge, I have been trying to do a better job keeping the bags in my car, and getting them back to my car after unloading groceries. This past week, I didn't have enough bags to hold all of my groceries, so I put in the small things and kept the larger items in my cart to unload in the car. It's less convenient, but I am going to try to make it a habit that when I don't have reusable bags, or enough of them, that I won't take the easy way out and will instead load the items from my cart to my car (doing this enough will probably make me less likely to forget the bags!)

I think that practicing gratitude can help motivate me to work for a better world because it reminds me of all the positive things in life which I hope to preserve for my children and their children some day. It also helps me to be optimistic, which I think encourages altruistic behavior.