Anything in life can become a relentlessly monotonous grind. That includes saving energy. You have to remember turning the light switches off, timing your showers, unplugging all your device chargers before going to bed\u2026and so on.<\/p>\n
It never ends. Then, you get up the next day, and do it all over again.<\/p>\n
Saving energy doesn\u2019t have to be a real chore. And it helps for your own sanity to shake things up a little.<\/p>\n
So here are some fun ways you could make saving energy a little more exciting:<\/p>\n
Schedule Your Own Power Outage<\/strong><\/p>\n When was the last time you lost power? It may have been many years ago. And what did you do to kill the time when it happened?<\/p>\n This time, you can actually plan ahead for your own power outage. But, don\u2019t allow any smartphones, iPads, laptops, or any other battery-powered digital screens.<\/p>\n Play board games by candle light (just make sure you keep a close eye on the candle so it doesn\u2019t start a fire!). Do hide\u2019n\u2019seek. Or invent your own games you can all play.<\/p>\n You might be surprised at how fun life can be without electricity every once in a while.<\/p>\n Go Hiking Instead of Watching TV<\/strong><\/p>\n A certain amount of TV is okay. But after a given point, which you really can\u2019t specifically define, it turns you into a passive vegetable. Life passes you by while you live it out on the tube, and you miss out on the thrill of living life.<\/p>\n So instead, turn off the TV every once in a while. Take your family for a hike. Spice your hike up a little up. Send half your family ahead of you, and then have the other half make it their duty to find them.<\/p>\n Negotiate Work-from-Home Hours with Your Boss<\/strong><\/p>\n Your boss won\u2019t care that you will save energy and help the environment by working from home. But they will care if you can be more productive.<\/p>\n You probably won\u2019t be able to switch yourself to working exclusively from home immediately. But see if you can get one-to-two days per week to start. And make sure everyone in your family understands you\u2019re still at work and unavailable when you\u2019re in your home office.<\/p>\n Have a Raw Food Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n You could have a raw food competition even in your own home. Or you could organize one with your friends and neighbors to make it even more interesting.<\/p>\n Regardless of how you do it, the idea is that you make a meal without any appliances. Agree on a prize for the winner to keep it interesting.<\/p>\n What Ideas Can You Come Up With? <\/strong><\/p>\n Those are just some of our ideas. Take \u2018em or leave \u2018em as you see fit. Or, simply let them drive your own imagination.<\/p>\n In any case, you\u2019ve now got some genuinely fun ways you can use to save energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anything in life can become a relentlessly monotonous grind. That includes saving energy. You have to remember turning the light switches off, timing your showers, unplugging all your device chargers before going to bed\u2026and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n