function 29

So yeah, I've been bicycling to work for the past month or so. It's not a long ride, but it's all uphill (for real) which makes for great exercise and a seriously fun ride home. We've got shower facilities at the office, I bring my business-casual clothes in a bag, it's great. I get daily exercise and feel good about it. A few of us are doing it now, and scoring converts feels good too. It feels like making a small difference, which we should all endeavor to do.

Ask me how weird it feels to give a crap about this kind of thing. Is it a magical feature of nearing 30? Suddenly I'm required to feel the Earth's pain and want to save her? Gah. I'll tell you what, though - I do feel a bit that way. I want to change and to help others change in ways that will help, for what it's worth. I'm pretty lazy when it boils down, though, so I'm mostly only willing to do things that don't impact me in a huge way. I can recycle, I can bicycle instead of drive, I can try to source foods grown more locally, etc., but big changes are tough for me to contemplate. Hell, I'll pay to help if it means I don't have to do to help.

Is this what tree-hugging environmentalists start out as? Should I jump off my balcony to save myself or what?