Ryan McDowell
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 0 THIS WEEK
- 71 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO10meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO300minutesbeing mindful
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UP TO900minutesnot spent in front of a screen
Ryan's actions
Simplicity
Meditate
I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 15 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.
Simplicity
Disconnect from Email
I will disconnect from my email when not working or studying.
Food
Reduce Animal Products
I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.
Simplicity
Eat Mindfully
I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.
Simplicity
Needs Vs. Wants
I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.
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?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONSimplicity Needs Vs. WantsHow is creativity necessary for practicing simplicity?
Ryan McDowell 10/26/2018 6:28 AMBecause you have to be able to think of what to do, you can't just be mundane and say "I won't do this. I won't do that." You have to be able to creatively think of work around's for it. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONSimplicity Disconnect from EmailNotice how much time you were spending checking email away from work and make note of that. Now that you have stepped away from it and have not been checking, what changes are you noticing in your thoughts, use of time, stress and energy levels?
Ryan McDowell 10/26/2018 6:27 AMI tend to be using my time a lot more freely and I don't feel as much stress when it comes to my emails, since when I check them I usually have all of the information that I need for the day ahead, whereas before I was always nervously checking it to make sure that nothing would pop up out of the blue.