Week 5

This week marks the halfway point in my environmental challenge. I really focussed hard on consistency this week I purchased a water proof phone cover for my phone. Now I can watch my time and make sure I stay under the 3 minute mark. This has definitely been a game changer as I can now see the time, it puts more pressure on me to make sure I don’t go over 3 minutes. This week I noticed some routines, I now apply the soap to myself before I start my shower to give me that extra time, I also wet my hair in the hand basin and then apply some shampoo. My showers have become a lot more efficient then before and I feel as if the challenge has become more achievable. I have noticed that I don’t feel as self-conscious about my smell as I did at the beginning. Although it has started to get a lot colder recently and I feel as if my new technique of applying my soap and shampoo before I go in the shower, will no longer be viable soon as I will just be too cold. My consistency was outlined this week by the reduction in my stand deviation.

Shower times and Standard Deviation

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
	363	234	240	145	137
	543	378	450	0	167
	380	0	234	154	178
	410	221	537	250	159
	290	129	159	0	164
	178	411	267	0	0
	376	0	556	430	301
Standard Deviation	103	152	149	149	81

Week 4

Challenge Journal 19/4/15

This was a much more relaxing week as it was the first week of holidays, and I was determined to get back on track with my water saving goal. I made the decision that I wasn’t going to do much the first week of holidays and I was just going to rest up and play video games. This was also my chance to skip out on hygiene and reduce my water savings, and that’s exactly what I did! I managed to skip out on shower for 3 days this week and went 2 days without showering in a row. I felt really dirty but I had to tough it out keep to my goals the main effect of this was I washed my face a lot, when I did shower I used A LOT of soap. My hair was probably the most annoying part as it got really greasy. Not showering wasn’t that bad I just made sure I had a lot of deodorant on before I went outside. I am very pleased with my progress this week as it was my most successful so far I used a tiny 317 litres of water this week, compared to last week which was 767 litres. And I was well below the target of 355 litres. I definitely wouldn’t brag about skipping showers but it has been an effective strategy.