Based on this assignment, I was able to get a much better understanding of how much waste I was really producing per-day. I often would forget to take a picture of the item before I threw it away, which really highlighted just how mindless my consumption of products it. This excursive also made me think about packaging like I never had before, and I noticed just how wasteful certain packaging for food products can be, for instance I received a Plated box through the week, and it contained each ingredient in its own individual packaging. The material that I noticed I was using the most was by far plastic, which is difficult to change in my life because of the convenience. I guess the first step to minimizing would be to stop using wasteful services like Plated, but then on the other had Plated actually helps me conserve food, because every ingredient is sent in its exact correct measurements, so there is virtually no waste. I already carry a reusable shopping bad to the grocery store and I compost my food waste as well as recycle everything that I can. One thing that I have not been doing though, and I noticed coming up many times during the week, is bringing a reusable coffee mug to the coffee shop and using that instead of a single use plastic one each time I want to drink coffee. 
