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October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Ryan McDowell

The Captain Planet Project

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 71 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    10
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    300
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    900
    minutes
    not 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.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Disconnect from Email

I will disconnect from my email when not working or studying.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Eat Mindfully

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 5
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
    Simplicity Needs Vs. Wants
    How is creativity necessary for practicing simplicity?

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    Ryan McDowell 10/26/2018 6:28 AM
    Because 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 QUESTION
    Simplicity Disconnect from Email
    Notice 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?

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    Ryan McDowell 10/26/2018 6:27 AM
    I 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.