Everything & Nothing Else

I bought a coffee mug tree at the flea market and a variety of nice looking mugs of various sizes for work. I am asking my co-workers to choose a mug instead of paper cup and plastic lid.

SCREEN-FREE after 6 PM. Just in time before the end of the challenge I was able to have a screen free dinner. Instead of a laptop, I paid a little attention to an attractive table setting. The quiet and the serene view out the window was my reward. And the food tasted especially good. In the same vein, I also moved my laptop out of my bedroom....

I would rather use this money towards organic and sustainable foods. The $1500 annual estimate is $28.80 per week saved by not wasting food. I can use that saving to replace bargain groceries with organic produce and proteins, which are often more expensive. Instead of walking past the organic produce and proteins in the store, I can go ahead...

This is a hard challenge. I work all day and get home late, so I prepare a nice meal and combine dinner with watching my favorite news channels. It is hard to break this habit. 

This is tough. I don't seem to think of exercising with any anticipation of enjoying it, even though i know there is an inherent benefit. It is said that exercise releases "endorphins" in the brain what actually does make one feel pleasant. I don't think I have ever tried to be consciously aware of that feeling. An experiment: go to...

 Climate Strike event in Woodbury, Connecticut on Sunday!!  https://www.muusct.org/social-justice-program/4700-2 What's happening near you?

Sometimes I feel so angry yet so helplessly complicit at the problems in the world that it feels like I am choking. Today I watched the young kids testifying in Congress for Climate Change and they were powerful. The little girl from Sweden said, "tell the children the truth and they will get angy and want to make change in the world.)  WOW!

I need to feel less overwhelmed and anxious by effect of the greed and oppression in the world. I recently stumbled on a passage from C.S. Lewis in a letter to his good friend Owen Barfield during the horrors of war in Europe in June 1940. Lewis tells his friend, “The real difficulty is...to adapt ones steady beliefs about tribulation to this...

I checked off all the actions I already do. Now to focus on the actions that are hard to make into a good habit, like daily exercise. In September I will ramp up to be ready for my 30 minutes a day challenge. I will be at the pool on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after work to "get my feet wet" and everything else, too. For me,...

I am making spreadsheets for each  day in October to focus my attention on the challenges I selected and track my progress in strengthening good habits. At the 2018 challenge I printed the spreadsheets - not the best way to apply good habits!