project: over. changes: ongoing.

I cannot believe that the lifestyle project is over. It doesn't seem possible that three weeks have passed already. I knew that if I tried I would be able to incorporate changes into my daily routine, but I didn't think that they would so easily become habitual. It is easy to think about how much electricity I use. Now I even end up accidentally turning off lights before my roommate is ready to leave! I also don't turn on the TV or radio for background noise whenever I'm doing homework. Producing no waste is still a challenge, but I feel that I've really come to see how much waste I was producing before. It is a lot harder to throw things away now that I actually think about where they are going and how much I'm throwing away. Eating not meat also became more difficult whenever I added the fourth day, but I think that I can definitely limit/decrease the amount that I eat. I know that before I would be able to cut meat out completely I would need to expand my diet considerably so that I wouldn't just replace the meat with junk.

Like I said in the title of this post, the project may be over, but the changes I have started to make in my life will be ongoing. It has also helped to read other people's posts, because I have become aware of other options as well. Awareness is the key, and I think that from now on I will be much more aware of the actions I take in my life and what footprint they will leave behind.