The one major daily act that seems to always pop up into my head as a problem is the amount of time I spend driving/in a car a day. I grew up in Westport, Connecticut where most things are pretty spread out and easier to get to if driving. When I came to Charleston my awareness of how much I drive became very noticeable to me because Freshmen year since I was so close to campus I rarely got into a car. Along with that as I walked around the city I realized that this is really not a car city whatsoever. The streets are small enough and people park on both sides, making two-way streets seem like one way. Let alone that half the guys who have cars here decided to make them aggressively big trucks that legitimately can’t fit on the streets of Charleston. Anyway since I started to realize the unnecessary usage of cars here( because everything on the peninsula is a 30-minute walk max from each other) I asked my dad for a bike instead of letting me use the car back at home(which I would have had to drive 15 hours here). He actually got me a really cool electric bike that gets me to school, to be honest, faster than a car would because I am not stuck in traffic and can take some shortcuts cars aren’t allowed too. Honestly, one person changing one small component of their life like this won’t make a massive impact, but what it can do is set an example for others along with boosting the way you feel about yourself/lifestyle which is also very important. With us living in a time period where people’s own outcomes matter more to them than anything else it’s important to have the few who try to push forth change and or support change. Personally, by doing this I go about my day feeling better about myself. I know as of right now this change is very small and only the first of my changes, but if you fast forwarded to my life in about 40 years and I had stayed true to my change my carbon footprint would be so much lower than if I didn’t change. A major problem I’ve come to realize with this change is when traveling far distances. As much as I would like to ride my electric bike all the way it would take like 4 weeks, so I, therefore, have to fly/drive which makes me feel like I’m just giving up on my goal. Also when on vacation with family we are also driving around looking at places. This brings me to the awareness that as much as people want to change there are some things you can’t change unless you want to fully stop doing something(like traveling for work, with family, etc.) Overall i’m very happy with the change I’ve made and have followed it as strictly as possible, but in some circumstances, I must fail my goal.