For me, I carry my items out of the store if I don't have my reusable bag or if I am not allowed to use one. If the store has a cart, I will just put the items back into the cart and take them to my car where my bags are. Love that I don't have soooo many plastic bags around my house.

I am not going to lie, it is really hard to let go of things that you held onto for so long. This journey has made me feel lighter. I feel less stressed and I have learned that it wasn't intended to be personal. It is nice to not have to be angry or upset with someone when you see them.

I love walking with my kid and my husband. With both or with just one of them. It is nice to just walk and talk. The fresh air is a nice break from sitting at home doing work. I feel more energized to work the next day because walking helps get me tired. I want to go to sleep after walking.

I found this app, called Paper Karma, that helps with this process. You take a picture of the mailer's address/contact info, put in your address and hit "unsubscribe" and it will send a message to that organization, asking them to remove you from their mailing list. We got one of these today at work, asking to be removed from our mailing list, so I looked it up! Looks very easy to use, and free!

I usually try to limit my shower time. During normal times I shower every two to three days. During Covid I shower maybe once a week... while I shower less frequently, I think they’re slightly longer showers than I used to take. Does this even it out? I should probably bring back the timer I used to keep in the shower. 

I am walking or doing crafts or prepping for baby’s arrival. I still listen to audiobooks. 

I am much happier limiting my phone use. This is one of the reasons I haven’t checked in as often to the eco challenge. Sitting and scrolling is a waste of time!!

Reducing resource use and good for the body 

It allows us to spend time together outside of meal time and just be silly and not worry about chores, school, work, climate change!!