Not totally sure on the number of weeks it's been, so that might be a bit off.
It's amazing to really notice how much plastic is around us in our lives and how many people are so incredibly wasteful.
At one of my internships, I sit with these women who are absolutely brutal to one another. Their conversations are so shallow and they are really unpleasant to be around. The commonality between them though, aside from their workplace, is how wasteful they really are. They get food from the lunch room every day, which isn't a problem--They get it in "take out" containers. When ordering, you have the option of "here" or "to go". "Here" equates to a reusable (sometimes a paper) plate. "To go" is a typical Styrofoam container. I have watched these people for weeks now: Every day they get the "to go" containers, and every day those "to go" containers are thrown in the trash. A few weeks ago, I inquired as to why my instructor got the food "to go" and she immediately got offensive and said she "likes it better." Uh, that makes a lot of sense.
It's also amazing to witness them being so absolutely two-faced to these people they supposedly like. I can only imagine what they say about me when I am not there. It is like high school again. It is no wonder this facility is the bottom of the barrel of one of the health systems we have around here.
Anywho, back to the plastics and my second goal:
My consumption of things that will only be put in the trash can has drastically gone down. I've come to realize that I can live without the majority of the foods that are packaged in plastic. Those foods that come in plastic that I would rather not live without, I have found ways to get them without plastic (take carrots for example--they come in a bag, or they come loose). I still allow myself one item each shopping trip that can be in plastic, but even that is dwindling, as I no longer am attracted to buying products that only come in plastic. They're typically not very wholesome foods.
My second goal has made a lot of progress but once again has been put on pause--There is simply too much going on around me to focus on me for a little while. Once school is over (approximately five weeks), focusing on the house and the move will be my main priority. I do not plan on seek out a career right after graduation--That would, simply put, be asinine with all that is going on. I figure by September/October, things will hopefully have settled down and I'll have gotten all the information I need to really, truly, see where I want to go with this career field. 'Cause, honestly, I don't want to work in a hospital or nursing home--I mean, I'll do it, but not for a long-term career.
Ideally, I would like to do some sort of one-on-one, long-term work with customers/people who aren't "patients" or "residents" or anything other than "paying customers" utilizing my services. That may indeed be a very far-fetched pipe dream, but I would be much happier working 8-4:30 five days a week doing something like I do now (general office work) and working a couple hours each week with someone on their eating habits, than I would be working 8-4:30 five days a week in a hospital/nursing home.
While I have left you all in the dark about what exactly my second goal entails, you've probably figure out by now it is an on-going "self growth" type of goal. I would still rather not mention exactly what it is, but it has come a long way and is putting me on the path to where I want to be in this crazy world and time we live in.
I plan on still keeping progress on both of my goals in this blog, but it might not be weekly--Though weekly is a nice goal to aim since then I get it done every other week instead of aiming for monthly and doing it once a quarter. 8)
It's amazing to really notice how much plastic is around us in our lives and how many people are so incredibly wasteful.
At one of my internships, I sit with these women who are absolutely brutal to one another. Their conversations are so shallow and they are really unpleasant to be around. The commonality between them though, aside from their workplace, is how wasteful they really are. They get food from the lunch room every day, which isn't a problem--They get it in "take out" containers. When ordering, you have the option of "here" or "to go". "Here" equates to a reusable (sometimes a paper) plate. "To go" is a typical Styrofoam container. I have watched these people for weeks now: Every day they get the "to go" containers, and every day those "to go" containers are thrown in the trash. A few weeks ago, I inquired as to why my instructor got the food "to go" and she immediately got offensive and said she "likes it better." Uh, that makes a lot of sense.
It's also amazing to witness them being so absolutely two-faced to these people they supposedly like. I can only imagine what they say about me when I am not there. It is like high school again. It is no wonder this facility is the bottom of the barrel of one of the health systems we have around here.
Anywho, back to the plastics and my second goal:
My consumption of things that will only be put in the trash can has drastically gone down. I've come to realize that I can live without the majority of the foods that are packaged in plastic. Those foods that come in plastic that I would rather not live without, I have found ways to get them without plastic (take carrots for example--they come in a bag, or they come loose). I still allow myself one item each shopping trip that can be in plastic, but even that is dwindling, as I no longer am attracted to buying products that only come in plastic. They're typically not very wholesome foods.
My second goal has made a lot of progress but once again has been put on pause--There is simply too much going on around me to focus on me for a little while. Once school is over (approximately five weeks), focusing on the house and the move will be my main priority. I do not plan on seek out a career right after graduation--That would, simply put, be asinine with all that is going on. I figure by September/October, things will hopefully have settled down and I'll have gotten all the information I need to really, truly, see where I want to go with this career field. 'Cause, honestly, I don't want to work in a hospital or nursing home--I mean, I'll do it, but not for a long-term career.
Ideally, I would like to do some sort of one-on-one, long-term work with customers/people who aren't "patients" or "residents" or anything other than "paying customers" utilizing my services. That may indeed be a very far-fetched pipe dream, but I would be much happier working 8-4:30 five days a week doing something like I do now (general office work) and working a couple hours each week with someone on their eating habits, than I would be working 8-4:30 five days a week in a hospital/nursing home.
While I have left you all in the dark about what exactly my second goal entails, you've probably figure out by now it is an on-going "self growth" type of goal. I would still rather not mention exactly what it is, but it has come a long way and is putting me on the path to where I want to be in this crazy world and time we live in.
I plan on still keeping progress on both of my goals in this blog, but it might not be weekly--Though weekly is a nice goal to aim since then I get it done every other week instead of aiming for monthly and doing it once a quarter. 8)