Inspiration#1 - Make it FUN!

 Welcome to Inspiration #1!

Every Sunday I will give you an inspiration for the following week, and this is number 1!

1. Make It FUN!

Making meaningful action - if it's boring - will never be completed. So add some fun to your lifestyle, while taking action for causes that are important.

I suggest making any climate changes to your lifestyle in one of the following ways:

a) challenging yourself

b) doing something you find interesting

c) scaring yourself

Each of these ways is a psychological lever to motivate your brain into action.

There are many ways to take action, also(a later post) - but if you wished to buy less(a wonderful and climate friendly incentive) this is how you could use these motivation tools:

a) A challenge: I will buy NOTHING but write down all the things I want and then figure out ways to satisfy that want for a whole month. If it is not life-threatening... not happening right now.

b) Tuning into interests: I love making art, so I will draw things I think I want, or make a painting at the end of the week with what I really wanted.

c) Scare yourself: Read the facts. Wow - product packaging contributes THAT MUCH to waste? What about the sea turtles? NOOOOOOOOO!

These are random(and quite odd, honestly) ideas, but I hope it gives you a basis. You want to eat less meat? Try to challenge yourself, make it into a game. Or be creative, eating new and interesting foods. Or scare yourself with pictures of factory farms online...

In any case, you all are amazing.

Lots of love,

Ky


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