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Just hit 500 trees planted in my local park project
Honestly, I started just helping out on weekends, but the count really snuck up on me. We've been putting in mostly oaks and maples over in Riverside Park for about two years now. It matters because I can actually see the canopy starting to fill in from the hill near the playground. Has anyone else kept a personal tally on a big community planting job?
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michael_green4411d ago
Ever notice how we do this with everything now? People track their daily steps like a score, not just for health. They count books read in a year, not just to enjoy them. It's like we can't just do a good thing anymore without turning it into a number we can post. The work gets lost behind the personal scoreboard.
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zarat3811d ago
That's a huge number of trees, congrats! Honestly though, keeping a personal count feels a bit off to me. The whole point of a community project is that it's a group effort, right? Focusing on an individual tally can take away from that shared win. The real win is the new canopy everyone helped make, not who planted tree number 300. It just seems like it could accidentally make the work about personal credit instead of the park itself.
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leewalker11d ago
Oh, I get your point, but I see it as a way to keep people motivated. It's still a shared goal, just with a personal scorecard.
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