Self-Change Blog Project

  November 15, 2024 Week 7      I decided to start minimizing my food waste in an attempt to remind myself how fortunate I am and to hold myself accountable for appreciating these fortunes. I implemented this change to remind myself also that world hunger is such a pressing issue. Recently, I have become opinionated on many political, social, and environmental issues. Before that, I had never changed it because I was not self-aware in the fact that it was an issue. However, since then, I have yet to change it because I have been concerned with issues that affected me directly. This project was the perfect opportunity for me to make a direct impact and think more selflessly. My main motivation for changing this behavior, outside of the project, would be the new levels of empathy that I now have after being more involved in these issues. They have given me new depths of compassion and helped me find it in myself to be passionate about issues that do not directly affect...

Week 6 November 10, 2024      This has been a successful final week! I've been home in San Antonio since Wednesday, so I planned accordingly by not purchasing any groceries in Austin. Here in San Antonio, my mom had some pasta that was going bad soon, so we decided to make it for dinner on Saturday. With that, my stepdad also made burgers on Thursday, which I reheated for lunch on Friday. This is another important aspect of the behavioral change...cooking food that reheats well. This allows me to save food for later instead of wasting any leftovers. I am really happy with how the challenge has gone for me! My final week is very reflective of my immense progress. 

  Week 5 November 3, 2024      This week was certainly not my best. I went home this past weekend, which I did not plan for. The effects were not too extreme, but it did result in me having to throw out my English muffins, as they did, unfortunately, expire. I think, realistically, I was going to end up throwing one or two away, but I was planning on eating a few over the weekend to minimize my waste. Along with this, last night, I decided to cook a burger. However, I am very inexperienced in doing so. I unfortunately totally undercooked the burger, so I had to throw that away. I did not think to take a picture before throwing it away. That also introduced a new aspect of the behavior change to me. Staying within my realm of cooking abilities is super important to prevent wasting food due to a meal gone south. On a more positive note, I decided to make some bean and cheese tacos in order to use up my tortillas that were going bad soon. I will give myself credit in th...