Sunday, January 31, 2010

Living Sustainably: RePurpose



In an effort to live sustainably, I'm enjoying re-purposing some household refuse. We've received many packages over the past few months and I've been saving the good heavy duty boxes (not without some flak from housemates). A few days ago, I took some time to construct myself a custom shelving system - and I'm quite happy with the results:

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Backcountry Inspiration

As you may have noticed... I've been slacking a bit. The past month is high season here in Breckenridge, and between my two jobs, I've been working over 50 hours a week. I'm sorry for neglecting you, my loyal readers... who've read/watched my three posts. But I'm here to declare: I'm getting back on track.

As my hours at Ski and Ride settle down (I'm a Snowboard Instructor, or 'Ride Pro' as my name tag declares), I'm getting back to pondering the world. I've also recently discovered a summer program: CCC Backcountry Trails. In a nutshell: you spend 6 months (April to September) living a spartan lifestyle in the backcountry of California building and rebuilding trails with 16 other young adults, performing 8 hours of manual labor a day while learning natural history and community building. I'm extremely excited to even be applying to such a program, and as such, I'm trying to structure my lifestyle around preparing for the experience. Even if I don't get accepted, I feel the structure will help discipline my mind and body, and get me working on this project more regularly.

Here are my new lifestyle rules:
Waking up at 7 every morning (and at lastest 9, on 'weekends')
Engaging in daily physical activity.
Drinking 2 quarts of water daily (yeah... I've been way dehydrated lately).

That's all for now. Gradually, as the sun rises earlier, I will also rise earlier. I would love to hear your thoughts on my new inspiration, or questions you have on why I'm feeling so inspired by the program. Best wishes to all of my readers.