Joy Fithian

capstone summer 21

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
138 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

14,715

gallons of water

have been saved

Joy's actions

Water

Fix Leaky Faucets

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water per faucet every day.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Consumption and Economy

Track my Purchases

I will maintain a record of all my purchases.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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Joy Fithian 7/10/2021 6:26 PM

My bathroom has a leaky faucet AND the toilet recently started running non stop. I've been extra conscious about about tightening the sink handle and jiggling the toilet handle to prevent wasting water, but I finally contacted my apartment neighbor who's in charge of building maintenance and we scheduled a plumber for this monday.

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- Lucia Wanzenried 7/10/2021 7:19 PM
  
  Nice Joy, and due diligence is in your favor!
  Good practice to turn in a maintenance repair order sooner than later.
  
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Joy Fithian 6/23/2021 7:04 PM

When I reviewed my spending so far this month I noticed that I spent a lot more than usual, much of it ordered form amazon. For a week, I'm going to track all my purchases, hopefully this helps to slow down my consumption.

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- Abby Strobel 6/26/2021 10:18 PM
  
  This would be super interesting to look at, I used to spend a lot more money than I do now. My current spending tends to be on take-out food, I would be interested to track that spending and force myself to buy more groceries and make my food than go out for it.
  
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- Lucia Wanzenried 6/23/2021 10:50 PM
  
  Hi Joy, I rarely purchase online, but I can sense your valid concern in spending allocations. I'm in your corner taking on the challenge!
  
  Years back, It took incremental effort to do similar, even tried a basic app that tracked several input categories - simply select and prioritize accordingly: Pie chart data. Salute! the commitment to start, and praise ones shift in personal spending behavior is progress.
  
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