This challenge motivated me to finally do my big recycling run that I have been avoiding for years!  I brought in a big bag of batteries/lightbulbs to Orchard Hardware Store, brought some e-waste to Free Geek, and left some other items in the Gaia box near my house.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to recycle the plastic bags as New Seasons no longer accepts them due to the new plastics restrictions.  If anybody knows of somewhere that recycles plastic bags, shoot me an email!  :)

I decided to cut meat out of my diet since this challenge and I haven’t missed it at all. There are so many different options available to vegetarians and vegans so it has been pretty easy for me. My body feels better too. I seem to have more energy. 

I decided to eat at least one meatless or vegan meal each day of this challenge. I learned that it's not hard to cut meat out of my diet and my groceries were actually cheaper. I don't eat a lot of meat in general but making sure I was eating one meal as a vegetarian/vegan made me become more aware of what I was eating. It also felt good knowing that I was not contributing to climate change as much when I did opt out of the meat. I decided I want to continue this life style and for my next challenge, I'm going to go full vegetarian! Hopefully forever!

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