Week Two

Well, to start off with, I found this week definitley more of a challenge. Not creating waste is still my biggest problem. And if anything, I think it's my only problem. I've pretty much gotten used to using only one light in my room when necessary, and have cut my shower down to 8 minutes (when I don't wash my hair). As far as driving goes, I only ever really drive to Austin once a week, and rarely if ever, use my car any other time. But this not creating garbage thing... it's hard. For example, this weekend I broke this mirror I had on my wall. And on top of that, I had a bunch of cardboard packaging material left over from this painting I bought a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't help much either that I'm also guilty of wasting food (especially in the commons). I always try to get only what I know I'll eat, but sometimes I get crappy food without realizing it, and end up refusing to eat it. There have been a couple of improvements, such as I'll use paper over again if I can, or even use glass jars as drinking cups, but it's still all very much a working progress. Some other good news is that I'm no longer using any of the to-go boxes or cups anymore, I've quit drinking bottled water, and even cut down my laundry this week from 3 loads to two!