Successes and Struggles + Current event

Last week I set my goals and this week means that I should be reflecting on how they are progressing.

For my walk, bike and take public transportation whenever possible goal, it’s been okay.... I take the bus to campus everyday I have class. This weekend though, I had a group meeting on Sunday at 3:00pm. I decided to drive there because I was running late, completing other things and then wanted to go to the rec center afterwards to work out and didn't want to have to worry about when the bus was going to come get me. I also could have walked home although it was probably a 30 minute walk from that side of campus, it still isn't too far.

For my eat lower on the food chain goal, I made one meal with sausage in it that gave me leftovers for the entire week. I also had Top Ramen for a couple meals this week, the starving college students' food. =) And some PB J's! Overall I did manage to cut out a few meat meals for the week.

For my taking less/shorter showers goal, this one was tough for me. I tried to work out in the early mornings so I wouldn't have to shower to get ready for the day and then shower after I worked out so this was successful. On the other hand, I was so tired some of the mornings that I would jump in the shower just to wake up or warm up and then work out and then need a shower so this is one that I can continually be working one the most.

I have also found that if I don't drive anywhere, I purchase less because I don't browse just to have something to do. I've been getting most of my school work done early because I have been staying home and not wasting time walking around the grocery store.





On another note, I found my current event in TIME dated Monday Sept. 7th 2009 called, The Four Day Workweek is Winning Fans.

An energy saving experiment is took place in Utah that involved 17,000 people. They are the first in the U.S. to mandate a 4 day workweek for most state employees, closing offices on Fridays in an effort to reduce energy costs. They still worked the same amount of hours but just 10 hours a day. Many people were very pleased with the shift in hours. The only problems people really had are trying to find day care for longer hours.

I think this is a great idea! People everywhere always want a longer weekend in order to get things accomplished, spend time with family, go on vacation, and many other things that a two day weekend doesn’t allow. It would give people time to relax and enjoy the days off that they had would not cause so many sick days. For me personally, I would much rather work a longer shift than have to be there more days on end. And plus, if there is a commute involved, who wouldn’t want a day off from that!

Here's the link to the article
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1919162,00.html