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Spending time outdoors can enhance your sense of place because it can boost your mood. Going outdoors can help find a sense of place because whenever I need a mental health break, I go to a park or hiking trail to practice my mindfulness.

After going to a check-up, I felt kind of relieved, even though there was nothing wrong; It was just a relief on stuff that I would not have known.

I didn't listen to a podcast, but watched a documentary, The Alabama Solution, about the prison system in Alabama. I learned that in Solitary confinement, one guy was in there for 5 years, and the living situation was bad. Sleeping on floors, unpaid labor, swat team beat prisoners, flooding in their rooms, people leaving in body bags.

I felt like I was wasting a good amount of time in the shower before starting this challenge, which led me to be late for events that I was attending. This keeps me more on time and it also helps save water when doing so.

It not only helps with my health but it gives me the chance to reflect and think about whats going on in my life currently since I have all the time in the world on my hour walks.

I feel less connected to my phone which is a good thing because I realized before doing this challenge that it was an issue. I am less dependent on it which is a great feeling.

Creativity is necessary because if a product is too expensive to buy, you can find a way to do it yourself.

Life in general. Just think about things that bring me less stress in my life. This helps through mediation and prayer.

Yes, I had a soda addiction. I feel so much better! Just quitting soda in general was tough. I switched to Zero Sugar soda if I have a craving for soda now!

The way you can use an entire vegetable is if you can find a place to compost and put the parts that are not used in cooking.