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.
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.
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