Even when away, I do not assume the planet will heal on it's own! This week, I've been away in Portugal. I brought along my hammock, and have had some nice family visits, and some great meditation points. I really had time to reflect on the beauty of the earth, no matter the location on earth. Today's meditation from my box collection is:

Find your bearings
Description: If you've ever been lost in the outdoors, you know how frustrating it can be - it's disorienting, sometimes scary. But just as dolphins and whales have access to echolocation to help track their positions, we have access to intelligence and intuition to track ours. Today, as you walk, contemplate the areas of your life where you feel lost and may need redirection. Rather then continuing to wander aimlessly, consult your internal guidance system. Then ask yourself what you need to get back on track.

📍 Palmeira, Braga, PT

P.S. attaching my meditation deck in case anyone else wants to buy it too 🙃🙃

Last night, on my way home. I decided to bike to somewhere new instead of my usual bike ride along a busy road to get home. I took 20 minutes to enjoy not only a beautiful sunset but also to meditate and refocus myself. I find I'm most productive when sitting in my hammock along the water, notably around the sunset hours or at night, since I am a sucker for the stars and the colourful sunsets. I couldn't stay too long after sunset, however, because it got VERY mosquitoey very quickly. Which meant I got eaten alive. But nonetheless, I will try again on a less vicious night.

📍 Ile-de-la-Visitation Nature Park, Montréal, QC

Put on a good CD and posted a progress picture from my Aerogarden today! I was very pleased to be surprised with an invitation for high tea at the Palm Court in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel downtown Montreal! Like the true Brit I am, I had to stick out my pinky to drink my tea!! Other than that the day was slow like usual, nothing good or bad to be said, and hopefully tomorrow I will be baking banana bread all day lolllll!

📍 Montréal, QC
📍 Ritz-Carlton, Montréal, QC

Today, I am flying to Seattle. As much as I am flying standby and with limited airline options, I told myself I must cut down the CO² emitted by the flights I would take. As such, I chose to fly through Toronto with Alaskan Airlines, opting for Porter out of Montreal to cut down on CO² levels. The Porter flight, as per Google Flights, emits 30% less CO² than the average flight. The Hawaiian flight from YYZ to SEA emits 27% less than normal. Cost wise, it came out to the same on standby whether I were to do that or fly elsewhere. The difference? The pollution level! Very chilly this morning compared to Tuesday......Tuesday highs in Montreal were 35° celsius with the humidex compared to today's high of only 14° celsius. Haven't been posting much, but I will continue to motivate myself because it is important to help others gain confidence and motivation for doing good things in life.

📍 YUL Aéroport International Montréal Trudeau

Today, I worked more on my upcoming releases, especially since I have lots of free time now since my exams are all over! I read through a composition narrative, kept up with my book "Against the machine" by Paul Kingsnorth. It is a very interesting one!

📍 BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec), Montréal, QC

Today, I completed my English exam, and final marketing project. My final marketing project came out a mess, but hopefully my English final I did well on. Sunrise and sunset weren't present today for some reason, but I did get a good sun tan (haha) if only the weather wasn't 6°C! But otherwise had an amazing last Friday of the semester, I taught my last Portuguese conversation group 😢 but everyone came today, making us 5 people total! I celebrated the final day by bringing in natas, a staple of Portuguese culture!

📍 John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC

Today, I decided to take time for myself. I worked on schoolwork, started memorizing my marketing plan for my presentation tomorrow. I also reviewed for my English exam I have tomorrow. I admit I haven't been completing my actions as often as I should be since our ecochallenge has ended but I am still making an effort to include certain actions in my daily life.

📍 Montréal, QC

I wonder what this Aerogarden is for 👀👀👀👀! Amazing job to everyone not only at John Abbott College but in any other ecological group or team that participated in an ecochallenge this term!! This aerogarden will provide the right amount of spices to add to my recipes 🙃 and if course as the package states "from fresh to plate!" No sunrise today, and no sunset even though the sun popped out midday.

📍 Montréal, QC

Wanted something to eat, so where better to check than Too Good to Go? I don't spend high $$$$$ and I get food that needs an extra day. (Got ~15$ worth of pastries for 5$!)

📍 Place-des-Arts, Montréal, QC

Today is unfortunately the last day of ecochallenge. But instead of closing on a negative note, I think it is good to close on a positive note. As such, instead of looking back and saying "Oh I wish I had done more during the ecochallenge", I am sharing my own mentality that the ecochallenge is just the start of a new chapter for many of us. It will improve our future, and has already shaped our past! As Seneca states: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end". So instead of reflecting on every action this ecochallenge has helped me accomplish, I would prefer to ask myself and the feed this question: which of these daily actions can become lifelong journeys? Whether just turning off the lights when we don't need them or using less water, every small action increases awareness. Awareness is the start of your journey, and it's how we got here. And it's also how we will depart here. Knowing that our awareness helped reshape the community. Knowing that one day, maybe our children will say "hey remember that ecochallenge you did? Can we try one?" And maybe, just maybe our world could actually improve. One small step at a time.

📍 Montréal, QC