Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Advice: How to get people to improve their habits?


I'm writing today to get some input from you! How do you best motivate the people in your lives to improve or eliminate some glaringly wasteful habit from their daily routine? I'm of course talking about Scott and Star using space heaters year 'round while wearing t-shirts! Me and several co-workers have discussed this matter with them, pointing out they could wear warmer clothes. I've even offered Scott the use of my spare hoody I keep in the office for when I get chilly. He seemed to relish telling me "no", he's fine with the space heater. Could there be a power struggle going on? Any advice or suggestions for what's worked for you would be greatly appreciated!

Peace,
K

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Superweasel!

Hi! The inspiration for this blog has many roots, but primarily I'd like to thank two primary impetuses: the children's book "Alvin Fernald: Superweasel" and self-indulgence born out of habit.

Alvin Fernald: Superweasel is a children's book starring Alvin, the young son of the town's police chief. The series details is escapades in various areas of life with Superweasal being the one that captured my heart and, at an early age, turned my mind towards taking care of Mother Earth.

Self-indulgence, both my own and others is the other primary impetus for writing this blog. Life is a series of habits strung together. How we interact with the environment is no different. Wearing t-shirts year 'round and then using energy-guzzuling space heaters to keep warm is a blatant misuse of the earth's resources. Sure, there's many more out there even on larger scale for sure, but this blog is about the things we do on a personal level every day. Take a look at your daily habits. What can you change to conserve energy and natural resources?

Peace
K