Robert Kauffman

Post Carbon Institute

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
275 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

11

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

660

minutes

spent exercising

Robert's actions

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 60 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Take Control

Both system and personal sustainability are important! I will develop a plan with my medical professionals to achieve my best health and live my life to the fullest.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Exercise Daily

How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

Robert Kauffman 10/24/2018 11:27 AM

I've appreciated this reminder to exercise. A news item the other day claims that getting no exercise over time can be more destructive to your health than even smoking, if you can believe it! I've worked physically all my life (as a builder) and my body has always felt like a well-oiled machine -- as long as I used it. Amid health issues, etc., I'd fallen into a period of slacking off. I've not only felt less tightly put together but found that my consciousness of my body became more and more tenuous. I don't like it!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Happiness

How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

Robert Kauffman 10/03/2018 12:39 PM

First of all, having gratitude for another person or seeing a way to be grateful for any occurrence immediately places me in the present moment and takes my mind off myself. But secondly, it sets up a positive feedback current -- obviously impacting people and animals but also apparent with inanimate machines and equipment. I could tell you stories of a s Skil saw that just wouldn't quit...
And really I've never seen anything work very well on negative feedback.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Take Control

How do environmental health, community health, and your personal health intersect?

Robert Kauffman 10/03/2018 10:01 AM

I'm coming to the realization that my personal health is tightly bound to the anxiety I have concerning the environmental state of the planet and the people around me. My current plan revolves around 'being with' the tremendous power of these feelings and not taking them personally -- i.e. in my lower back. However, I realize that this does not mean ignoring the above but receiving these thoughts mindfully.

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