Ramblings of the journey to find my fulcrum of life, and achieve that perfect balance between living with my family & neighbors, and living the natural and eco-friendly life I want to live.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Stick-to-it-tive-ness, Revisiting Old Committments Is My 1st "Give-Up"

I guess I should let everyone know what I am giving up for the first month of my 12 month journey. Somehow the beginning of the month just snuck up on me!

After MUCH deliberation and some research, I have decided to ease into my grand idea of making one change a month. I have made a handful of changes over the past 10 years, most of which I have stuck with pretty faithfully. Some, I admit, I am not so good with maintaining. And then some are just ideas to reduce the amount of water bottles or paper plates (for example) that I use - I have not pledged to forgo those wasteful things completely. After all, I am opting for a balance in life, not a militant outlook.

So I am going to pledge to stick to my current "changes," 100.% This will mean that if I decide to use an eco-friendly cleaner, I will *always* use an eco-friendly cleaner ... not just most of the time as I currently interpret my goals.

What changes am I sticking to? I have a list on the side of the blog, well 2 actually, that tells you what changes I have Incorporated, and what changes I am struggling with. Point of note here ... I am calling it fair game to use any "banned" item that I already have in my house. So from here on out it is "use up, and not re-purchase."

...now, just to get the rest of my family on the same mind set!

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