I was working outside today when a jumping spider and an ant both found their way onto the table I was at. I stopped for a few minutes just to watch them. It was a fascinating encounter to watch! (No, don't worry, the spider wasn't hungry. Nobody got eaten.)

I worked in the community garden - I saw the sunset, which was beautiful and full of bright oranges and yellows, I felt the cold dirt when I was turning the garden beds, and I smelled the soil and flowers that we left behind.

It can help me feel more optimistic, it makes me take stock of the world around me and count my blessings, especially since it's so easy to feel negative if you're not careful.

I think it makes sense. Nature is all around us, yet people schedule time to spend time in nature (like going to a park or hiking) or even go on retreats to experience it. We're hardwired to seek out experiences in nature, but because our culture has become so divorced from nature, it's seen as something we have to find time for outside of our day-to-day lives instead of a part of our day-to-day.

It reminds me of the phrase "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." It's better to eat healthy and stay healthy than to eat junk and suffer the consequences.

Save it? Travel more? Maybe I'll just buy more coffee (I'll use a reusable mug, of course).

How much sleep I get varies from night to night. I'd like to get 8 hours of sleep a night. I can work towards this by being more mindful about how late I stay up and not reaching for my phone when I wake up in the night.

I most often use single-use plastic or cardboard cups for drinks. I could use a reusable cup instead.