My home/appliance and food sections of my carbon footprint weren't the largest areas, but I learned that there are still many things I can do to reduce it.  A big observation I made while calculating my carbon footprint was that for many questions such as "How much do you recycle?" and "How often do you turn all lights off when leaving a room?" my answers were not "never", which was good, but a lot of the time I answered "sometimes".  I realized that most of the time I only did these things when I found them convenient and easy.  For example, when I saw a recycling bin close by, I would recycle instead of throwing away, but in other situations I would not take my time to go find a place to recycle something.  We need to realize how much it helps to put more effort into reducing our carbon emissions.  As stated by Michael Graham Richard, "According to the report's projections, if we were to reduce packaging in general by 50%, reduce non-packaging paper products by 50%, extend the life of computers by 25%, increase recycling of construction and demolition debris to 50%, an d increase solid municipal waste composting and recycling to 50%, we could cut US CO2 emissions by about 354 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2E). Each year." If everyone contributes even a little to making this a priority, this could one day become a reality.  https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable- … -year.html

I agree. I also find myself on many occasions only doing things if it is convenient for me, but that little extra time spent to turn off your lights, or recycle your paper, or unplug your phone could really help to improve the world around you. Sometimes it is good to take a step back and examine how your lifestyle could be affecting our beautiful planet. Doing the little things daily add up to make a huge step in changing our world for the better.

I definitely agree. I also usually only do things if they are convenient for me. If we change simple things like turning off the lights (even if you're only leaving your room for a few minutes), or better yet, turning off the lights and opening the blinds on sunny days. In my experience,  sunlight is more effective than a lightbulb. I also find myself doing things like taking really long showers that could be cut down to 2 or 3 minutes, or getting my parents to drive me somewhere when I could just walk or bike. We really should try to reduce our carbon footprint wherever possible.