- Lighten my load of cosas I am carrying
- Minimize my need for material objects
- Decrease my attachment to collecting things
- Inspire someone with a newly found item!
- and spread the word about 30-day challenges (and encourage you to try it),
... I am doing a 30-day challenge to leave at least one item behind at each place I stay. A 30-day challenge is a great way to mix things up and push your limits while slowing down time and focusing on a new task each day. For my first 30-day challenge, I am hoping to empty at least one item from my pack, take a picture of it, and hide it somewhere at the place I stayed.
Day 15 (halfway done!): A can of peanuts filled with salt (which was used for cooking) that was too much weight. I left it in a planter box in the serene courtyard of the church I stayed at.
Day 14: A bike tube converter piece that I don't need anymore. Hidden in the crack of a chair at the firehouse in Ibarra, Ecuador.
Day 13: String, piece of paper, and some TUMS, all hidden behind the door of the residencia in San Gabriel, Ecuador.
Day 12: Empty bottle of chain oil. Hidden behind a TV in Ipiales, Colombia.
Day 11: A bottle of sugar I will not need since sugar is an ingredient in everything here. I hid it in a closet in Pasto, Colombia.
Day 10: Another Tang packet I found while cleaning out some stuff on my bike. It would have taken me months to throw this away without this 30-day challenge, so yes, it counts! Hidden behind some blinds on the window sill.
Day 9: I was collecting soap from different hotels when I payed to sleep somewhere (a trait my grandfather passed along to me), but realized they were weighing me down. As valuable as soap may be, I am only keeping one bar on me at a time. I also left behind shampoo, since I won't be needing that stuff anymore. My favorite part about this particular stash is that the drawer I hid them in had no knob, so it's a bit tricky to actually find!
Day 8: A bike tool kit case. Sure, it kept all the tools neat and protected, but a zip lock bag works just as well and saves a bunch of space. I hid it on the tip top shelf above the TV. I am 6`2".
Day 15 (halfway done!): A can of peanuts filled with salt (which was used for cooking) that was too much weight. I left it in a planter box in the serene courtyard of the church I stayed at.
Day 14: A bike tube converter piece that I don't need anymore. Hidden in the crack of a chair at the firehouse in Ibarra, Ecuador.
Day 13: String, piece of paper, and some TUMS, all hidden behind the door of the residencia in San Gabriel, Ecuador.
Day 12: Empty bottle of chain oil. Hidden behind a TV in Ipiales, Colombia.
Day 11: A bottle of sugar I will not need since sugar is an ingredient in everything here. I hid it in a closet in Pasto, Colombia.
Day 10: Another Tang packet I found while cleaning out some stuff on my bike. It would have taken me months to throw this away without this 30-day challenge, so yes, it counts! Hidden behind some blinds on the window sill.
Day 9: I was collecting soap from different hotels when I payed to sleep somewhere (a trait my grandfather passed along to me), but realized they were weighing me down. As valuable as soap may be, I am only keeping one bar on me at a time. I also left behind shampoo, since I won't be needing that stuff anymore. My favorite part about this particular stash is that the drawer I hid them in had no knob, so it's a bit tricky to actually find!
Day 8: A bike tool kit case. Sure, it kept all the tools neat and protected, but a zip lock bag works just as well and saves a bunch of space. I hid it on the tip top shelf above the TV. I am 6`2".
Day 7: A rain poncho and two bars of soap, hidden under the bed in Popayan, Colombia.
Day 6: Broken sun glasses, chapstick, a tire iron, a broken derailleur piece, and one ear plug. Left under some hard hats at the bomberos station in Piendamo.
Day 5: A 13mm wrench and tourist map of Bogota, left at the bomberos station in Piendamo under some chairs.
Day 4: Tang packet... this was simply thrown away, but still, without this 30-day challenge, I would probably still have it in my bag.
Day 3: Boxers on a clothes line in Caicedonia... They were still wet from the nightly rain, anyways.
Day 2: Metal circular clip for attaching stuff to the bike that I was never used (Picture unavailable because I did not know I would be documenting this stuff)
Day 1: Running shoes left at the bomberos station in Ibague. (Picture unavailable because I did not know I would be documenting this stuff)
Day 0: Anna's bike, left on a street in Bogota with a note saying "Bici es gratis".
Are you going to return to these locations one day and see if any of your stuff was never discovered? And why is it so hard for you to throw tang packets (and other items of garbage) away??? :)
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