In an effort to perhaps nudge my fellow greeniuses and myself out of hibernation, I thought I would ramble on for a few paragraphs. That is, a stream of consciousness(well one edited for grammar at least) to answer this question: Why have I stopped blogging?
Reason 1: I Got Busy
I am working full time and taking MBA classes part time. This semester did seam to be more time consuming than last semester. This excuse no longer holds (at least not until September) since I am done with spring classes and not taking summer classes. Actually, this excuse can never hold, as all adults who care about meeting their responsibilities are always busy. Since this is de facto reality, one can only learn to do things faster(smarter) and/or cut out those things that are not important to free up time.
Reason 2: A Sort of Stretched Out ADD
I do not posses the manic constantly shifting thought process of someone with true ADD, nor have I ever been accused of being the least bit hyperactive (Mike can attest to this). Nonetheless, I do have a sort of stretched out ADD in that I lose and regain interest in things, not second by second but at least month to month. This is certainly a part of the human condition. That is why sticking to a cause is such a challenge. You have to constantly remind yourself how important certain things are to you.
Reason 3: Laziness
While Reason 1 has merit, but as I said being busy is just the way of life, and Reason 2 explains why my interest has waned, laziness is certainly a big part of my lack of blogging. Even with my busy semester there have been ample moments when I could have read and/or blogged on green subjects, but I decided to do some mindless activity like watch television. Sure I was busy and tired, but what I do here is important. Not important in that I am going to change the world through my brilliant and insightful prose, but in that I am changing myself and perhaps nudging my friends, family and acquaintances in the same direction.
What do you guys think? Why has your green light bulb been turned off?
A Greenius On Hold
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7 comments:
i hope you don't lose interest in your wife the way you do other things.
incidentally, might want to blog on this. here is a weekly sod subscription service for your indoor pooch. they bring fresh sod to your house (mainly for high rise city dwellers and lazies) for your pup to poop on.
green or not?
http://www.poochpottyusa.com/sod-info/
I think I'm just really busy. I literally don't have down time to watch TV or blog. I leave the motel at 6:45 a.m., get back to the hotel at 6:00 a.m., eat dinner, meet with my grad school team at 7:00 about every night until 9:00 or so, talk to the wife, prepare reports for the next day of work, take a shower if I'm lucky, and go to bed. I do occasionally get to watch either the Daily Show or the Colbert Report, but usually not both. Sighhh. Okay, enough whining.
I could probably find enough time to blog if I had something to blog about. I really haven't come across anything green-related recently that has inspired me to blog. I'm actually planning the comeback of my Lean Builder blog, particularly because what I'm doing at work right now jives perfectly with that blog. I don't know what I'll blog about next on this blog, but I figure I can come up with something every couple of weeks to blog about.
@anonymous - Wow how did you know I was married? Baby, you are the one thing in the world I never get bored with and that I will never ever lose interest in.
@Mike - Valid excuses to be sure. I also agree I have not been inspired much lately. If you can muster a post ever couple weeks and everyone did the same we could keep things rolling. I'll certainly try.
@ anonymous again - I would say the pooch potty service is not green. First, they ship fairly heavy pieces of sod (7 lbs) around the country. Second, I would guess their "patented growing process" is designed to grow sod as quickly and cheaply as possible, so I doubt it is organic. Third, I'm sure most users throw their soiled sod in the garbage rather than composting. Perusing their site I don't see any mention of being green, so I'm sure these assumptions are valid.
Hi Matt,
I stumbled upon this blog several weeks ago when searching for glass recycling options in Hattiesburg (of which I don't see ANY!). My husband and I are about to relocate to Hattiesburg from Columbia, SC (he'll be working at USM) and we do our best to live green every day!
We were pretty disappointed in the lack of recycling options in Hattiesburg! We have curbside recycling here in Columbia (which accepts brown, green and clear glass). We don't mind having to take our recyclables somewhere (although a curbside program would encourage the lazy folks to recycle!) but we are perplexed about what to do with our glass!
The idea of throwing it away makes us shudder! I can't remember the last time I threw away a glass bottle! I jokingly suggested that we'll have to switch to wine in a box and beer in a can! :(
I noticed you had mentioned going before the city council about offering glass recycling. What can others do to help? Do you feel like Hattiesburg is ANY closer to a curbside program?
I enjoy the blog! Thanks for doing your part! Hopefully Hattiesburg will "catch up" to others when it comes to recycling.
Allison,
Thanks for stopping by the blog. Glad to hear another green thinker is moving to Hattiesburg. Yes it is true that there is no glass recycling in the area and that all other recyclables have to be driven to drop off locations.
To be honest, I never made it in front of the city council, but I have done a bit of research. Until recently none of the recycling centers had the capability to process glass. I've heard that one of the larger recyclers wants to implement a glass recycling process, but likely won't commit unless he is going to get support from local governments, who are going through severe budget cuts.
You may or may not have heard that until the recent downturn municipalities could actually get revenue from recycling programs. That is not the case today. The bottom has dropped out of the scrap materials market and this is not good news for local recycling programs. The economy will turn and I think concerned citizens should continue insisting on these programs.
As for what to do with all that glass. Here are a couple options:
1.A friend of mine saves her multi colored wine bottles and then brakes them up and puts them into some of her flower beds. Looks very cool.
2.You will soon learn that Hattiesburg has HORRIBLE grocery stores. No lie, 3 Super Walmarts in the area. Because of this you will likely be taking trips to Jackson or New Orleans for some of your food. You could save your glass and take it with you I suppose.
Again, I'm glad you stopped by and welcome to Mississippi.
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