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Fear is the primary reason I find myself suffering in life. This is because when I experience fear, I have historically responded with avoidance, inaction and procrastination, which causes me anxiety and pain. Fear can cause me so much pain, yet at times, I loop around my fear instead of dealing with it, this is my fool’s loop.
To put it simply, a large portion of my pain in life comes down to one thing, which is not fear, but my reaction to fear….
My respond to fear is procrastination. When I procrastinate, I prolong the inevitable. I allow the “fear” of what I believe “it” means to stunt me, keep me stuck, a feeling of not moving forward. Drinking was one area of my life that I let fear hold me back from living the life that I knew I deserved.
My fear was that I would LOSE my fun & friends, that my past would be too painful to handle, that I would not be ME anymore.
I was living in a fool’s loop. Wanting to change, being in fear, then staying the same. Talking and not doing. Writing but not inviting. Hoping by not creating. And then finally, finally one day, I did it.
I figured out the antidote to my fool’s loop…
Be still so I knew what I wanted – write, meditate, talk through my desires, which was to live an alcohol-free life I loved that was full of connection and fulfillment.
With new clarity, write out why I want this – to live alcohol-free so I could be an amazing mother, wife and family member; to fall in love with me and live in congruency so I didn’t have to feel the shame of not living to my desired standards anymore.
Write out a plan of how I was going to do it – my plan was to have a Dry July, after the 4th of July, and only drink AF beverages.
Talk through with my coach my plans, my why, what and how…invite her to ask me even more questions to gain even more clarity.
Take action towards my goal – I removed alcohol from the house, bought alternative AF drinks, told my family so they would support me (my husband and I drank together), and made a counter so I could cross my AF days off.
And So It Is! I broke out of my fool’s loop to accomplish Dry July!
I had a lot of pain leading up to me finally taking massive action. Pain can be a powerful mover, if it is painful enough. Otherwise, a lot of times we accept the pain as the truth. To move through pain, we need to create and invite clarity, empowering beliefs, have a good plan, a supportive tribe and take massive action for long term, sustainable change.
Because of my journey, I now help profession women design and alcohol free life the love, that is full of connection and fulfillment, as their coach!
If you are ready to find your own clarity, let go of the past, and design a life you love, contact me today!
I attended a sustainability retreat on deep decarbonization this past week, and one professor proclaimed, “this is why we don’t focus on behavior change at the individual level”, rather she was eluding to the presence of coalitions and policy as the best path to move forward into rapid decarbonization.
How Do We Move the Masses Into Action?
This made me question the past decade of my career, where I have spent a great deal of time focusing on behavior change in the workplace, and with most everyone who resides in the Northern Colorado! I work with students, residents and business owners with the belief that I can teach them a better way. My biggest questions have been, how do we get people to recycle correctly? How do we get people to care? And finally, how do we move the masses into action?
Not All Engagment is Created Equal
I have always been passionate about my outreach efforts, seeing results that make a difference. When implementing an energy reduction challenge in 2018, I worked with employees one on one, mining for energy savings in individual work spaces. We sent out a pre-survey, asking about current behaviors. I spent a minimum of 30 minutes with 60 plus employees performing audits of their workspaces, as well as hosted a series of events for employees to attend. Employees were then asked to self-report the changes they made to unplug and turn off electronics for 30 days. We then sent a post survey out to identify any changes in self-reported behavior and feelings. We had almost 2000 actions and were able to reduce energy by 5% in one months’ time through these outreach efforts.
I hosted a similar challenge this year, but adjusted the communications to email only, three prior to the launch, then a weekly email with a call to action to unplug and turn off anything that used electricity when not in use. It was up to department supervisors to rally the employees and send the importance of the message. We had 60% less folks document/participate in the 30-day challenge. Post challenge, I walked around to collect the self-reporting documents. Several people said they did not participate because they were still doing the same actions from last year, so nothing new was being reduced. The majority of those who did not give a reason for non-participation were newer to the company and/or younger in age (under 35
Infrastructure and Policy
While the challenge asked for the same actions from individuals, two different results occurred via outreach efforts. Another avenue could have been for the company to skip engagement efforts all together and invest in upgraded lighting fixtures and equipment. The return would be in less than 2 years, in most cases. OR, the government could put policy in place where the building had to implement programs that focuses on energy efficient upgrades and a sealed envelope and insulation by a certain time period. Infrastructural improvements would be more costly up front, but yield quicker ROI, rather than depend on employees. Additionally, the biggest saving opportunity for the building is with infrastructure improvements- the employees can’t control.
Doing What is Right- Doing it All
However, employee engagement, when done right, builds community. It opens doors for employees to get to know one another on a new level. It shows that business is not only about production, but rather can be a catalyst to teach others to do things that reduce our impact on the environment. Employee engagement empowers people and shows them how individual actions add up to make a big difference. IT IS NOT ALL OR NOTHING. Communities need to incorporate all the tools- employee engagement, building upgrades, coalitions, policy. These areas of focus are absolutely necessary to rapidly decarbonize our community.
Becca has worked in the private waste industry for 12 years and has engaged thousands of employees to take action to reduce and reuse in the workplace.
Remember when Folgers Coffee
and pancake mix came in aluminum containers? …when Pepsi and Coca Cola bottled
their drinks in glass? Now when you walk down the grocery store aisle or stop
at that gas station you will find these products in plastic packaging. I know,
I know – it’s convenient. But convenience
comes at an environmental price. We live in such a disposable world
nowadays. Everywhere you go – fast-food restaurants, zoos, movie theatres,
birthday parties… you will most likely find products that are made for convenience-
made with single-use plastics. Should
convenience continue to outweigh the global environmental issues rising from
this disposable world we’ve created?
Times are Changing –
All Aboard
But times are changing
especially when it comes to single-use plastics. Many plastics are no longer
recyclable because of contamination or poor material quality with no end-user
who will use the plastic. According to the Balance Small Business Website (and
other estimates), “plastic items can take up to 1,000 years to decompose in
landfills. Even plastic bags…can take anywhere from 10 to 1,000 years…, and
plastic bottles can take up to 450 years or more.”
So, they go to the
landfill where they stay for hundreds, even thousands of
years.
Plastic utensils like disposable
cups, forks, spoons, plates, are not recyclable either – can you see the
issues? One small step is all it takes to be the change for our planet, our
people and our environment.
Small Step towards
More Sustainable Ways
One small step you should
take to make a big impact is to carry a reusable,
durable utensil set. Did you know in the U.S., one estimate predicts
that 500 million single-use straws are used every day…with as much as 8.3
billion plastic straws polluting beaches worldwide? “Eight million tons of
plastic flow into the ocean every year, and straws comprise just 0.025 percent
of that” (National Geographic).
Think about if you had a set of utensils – fork, spoon, and at least one straw.
If you ate at a fast-food restaurant one time per week and
used your reusable set, you would save 52 plastic forks, 52 plastic spoons, 52
straws per year!
Our Cool Lunch Utensil Set !
When you use a durable set, you will save 156 disposable plastic utensils you kept out of landfills and oceans in just 365 days!Imagine the ripple effect if others around you used reusable sets too. 156 becomes 312, which becomes 468, which becomes 624 utensils prevented from going into the landfill or environment….
Tips & Tricks for Using Your Durable Utensil Set
It can be more
convenient to use the plastic fork and spoon when you sit down for lunch, however
using a reusable utensils set is easy if you give it a chance. Below are tips
and tricks on getting the most out of your reusable set.
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Always keep your set either in your purse/backpack or in your
car. By doing this, you then have your utensils waiting and ready to
go when that time of need arrives!
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Wipe them off after use and put them back in your pouch. Once
you get back home you can then either throw them in the dishwasher or run them
under some water and soap really quick, and then they’re ready to go for your
next outing!
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Run to the restroom quick after you eat or drink something and
rinse off your set before putting it back in your pouch. If you rinse it
(and even use some soap) then you wouldn’t even have to worry about cleaning it
when you get back home!
It may take a time to
get used to your durable utensil set. Saying no to that plastic straw or not
picking up that plastic fork or spoon, but eventually, it will become second
nature. And you are one step closer to helping save the planet!
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