Port of Portland

I am looking forward to helping the environment by living a healthier lifestyle during this competition.

I learned that remembering to log in daily was a bigger challenge than actually doing many of my actual challenges.  That's mostly good news - many of these are now habits.  There's always room to improve, but part of life balance for me now means easing back from self-improvement and enjoying my life.

My challenge was  good.  I liked having specific goals and being able to check them off as I went.  I liked the broad array of choices that were available for me to choose from.  It is personally satisfying to be able to see what you've accomplished and knowing that in a small way, you are helping the environment while helping yourself.

I have told some friends about this challenge and I am happy to say they are making changes in their consumption habits.

It helped me to finish up some projects that had been sitting unfinished (water barrel, herbs in pots, food garbage bin under the sink). Just the little nudge that was needed to get me off of TDC (top dead center) and rotating again.

The challenge reinforced some of my good eating habitats and values. I was also reminded how easy it is to eat a meatless meal, and how easy it is to unconsciously eat processed foods when you're not intending to.