Task : (FDC4G1) Identify 5 personal habits that are harmful for the environment, Take a pledge to be more environmentally conscious by changing 3 of your habits.

Experience - The task has been performed by Ayub of Margram High School,Birbhum district studying in class 11. He identified his bad habits as
• Too much of talkativeness
• Mess around with friends
• Never clean his own room and throw used papers here and there
• Tends to pluck off flowers from plants.
• Make typical sounds in prank which irritates his whole family
He has chosen to rectify his bad habits as much possible in seven days where it is found that he could address bullet no. 3,4 and 5.

• Ayub first of all put a dustbin in his room so that he could control his nature of throwing used papers here and there. He said the task is not easy as it seems so. For first few days he used to forget that he has a dustbin in his room and he needs to throw trash there. But afterwards he is successful in making it as a habit.

• He used to pluck flowers from plants which he identified as his bad habit. Ayub started spend time on terrace of his house for 1 hour. His terrace is well decorated with seasonal flowers. Ayub said that he used to roam there and was practicing not to pluck any one of them. He also controlled himself while walking around the locality. He said it is a very difficult job. All the time he was tempted by his ill motive to pluck flowers from trees and plants but he had to work hard to restrict his behaviour.

• He used to make awkward and typical sound to irritate his family members. He mentioned that while he was studying alone in his house and his mother and grandmother were busy in household chores, there was total silence in his house and suddenly Ayub started making noise like a fox. His mother fell down in freight and that used to cherish him a lot. Afterward Ayub grew this habbit of irritation his family members. While performing this task Ayub’s family members were surprised that he was not irritating them for last seven days. Ayub added that now he feels responsible to give up the weird habit.

Challenge — Ayub faced the challenge with himself. He said it was not easy to change a behaviour and a person had to continuously fight against it. Secondly, he said that his parents used to scold him for his bad behavior but never motivated him which was a challenge for him. Thirdly, while performing tasks his family members had very minimum faith on him about performing the task which was a big challenge to him.
 

Learning: Ayub said that he felt an immense pleasure when he succeeded to overcome the bad habits. It was like winning a match. Now he realises how the bad habit used to irritate others. He said he used to think himself as a nature lover but now he realises that it is our duty to protect nature and environment.