During the final week of my Earth Month challenge, my goal was to take the stairs rather than the elevator all but three times throughout the week. This was a particular challenge for me because I live on the tenth floor of Morill Tower, therefore it is very time and energy consuming to climb up or down that many stairs. While the challenge was difficult to complete, it saved more energy than any of my other challenges because I come and go from my dorm multiple times each day and used to use the elevator every time.
One thing that I learned from this challenge is that, while I already get a lot of physical exercise, I am never really too tired to take the stairs. There were several days where it seemed like after all of the walking I had already done that day, I would not be able to make it all the way up to the tenth floor. On these days, I convinced myself that I should at least try and every time I made it all the way up. This showed me that the largest part of this challenge, contrary to what I thought coming into it, is actually the metal aspect.
Overall, while it was intended to be the most involved of my challenges, it was not the most difficult. This is because I am much more motivated after I have had a little bit of time to wake up and I typically do not mind physical activity, therefore the stairs were not too bad. The challenge that ended up being the most difficult was by far week three, which was to take cold showers, and this was challenging only because I had to work on it immediately after waking up in the morning.