Colette Johnson

As the month continues I feel that it is getting easier and easier to implement these challenges into my everyday life. I have even started trying to get all of my roommates to participate with me! Some are easier to convenience than others but I know they all know the benefits surrounding the elimination of single use plastic in our world. I hope to finish out this month strong and carry it into my future as well.

I drink coffee every day, and sometimes when I am running late I have to get my coffee from a coffee shop. I realized that since this month I am already trying to change my behavior by not using any plastic bags, I might as well try to change another behavior to try to help the planet even more. Since I get coffee from different shops I decided to stop using their to-go cups and start bringing in my own travel mug. This is another small step but it will help with the waste that I contribute to the landfills. This might be a challenge for me because if I haven't had my coffee yet that morning I am very forgetful, so remembering my mug will definitely be a challenge.

Although, I did not accept any disposable bag my roommates, who purchased something for me, did. Technically I didn't accept any bags but because I forgot to tell my roommates not to get one for me I felt like I still failed to not accept any. Next time I will try to remember to tell my roommates to skip the bag for me and maybe even for themselves! 

I went to Target today and as per the usual, I forgot my reusable bags. Instead of just doing what I always do and just use the plastic bags I decided to purchase a new reusable bag as sort of a punishment to myself for forgetting my own. After I brought in my groceries I immediately brought all of my reusable bags out to my car so that next time I can just run back out to my car instead of buying a new bag.