I waste a lot of things in my every day. I waste food, water, time but most importantly I waste knowledge. I know that to become good at anything you have to make purposeful time for it and yet I have gone to bed numerous nights knowing I did not apply my knowledge to anything.
I am not anything special in the grand scheme of things but I am the one and only me. If I want to make a difference in my tomorrow, I have to start making choices that reflect what I want to happen today.
I was raised in a world where waste is normal and choices reflected what you wanted right now. My past, however, does not define me, it only impacts my way of thinking. It doesn’t make my choices for me, and I am not forced to live this way just because of habits that were taught. To overcome those habits and ways of living may seem hard but they are certainly not impossible.
Although I try my best to recycle and clean up trash off the ground, if I was honest, my efforts are far from helpful. I buy way too much stuff that ends up filling the landfill, or a ton of recycling that uses a bunch of energy to make it into something else. We eat on a whim with lots of drive-thru and consume too much meat. Even though I have researched and thought of helping in different ways over the years, the action just hasn’t been there.
With persistence and deliberate steps, however, I know I can overcome these hurdles and get where I want to be. As I learn this new way of living for my family, I figure why not help others as well. I don’t want this to be complicated, therefore my goal is to simplify it for my family and for yours.
The great part of every day is we can make this life however we desire because life is what you work for.
The question then becomes what is that knowledge and how to apply said knowledge? I am not 100% sure so here’s what I do know so far.
- Plastic is causing issues
- Recycling is good but not everything that can be recycled is actually getting recycled
- My family has a ton of trash going out every day
- Trash is causing animals to die
- Water pollution is a massive issue
- Deforestation fires are happening because of meat consumption
- Meat is way overused and not even that good for us
- Dairy is also not as good for us as the big money would like us to think
- Fruit, veggies, and nuts have little waste but I don’t know how to survive off of only that
For today I choose to acknowledge my excessive waste but knowing that this isn’t going to be an overnight win. I’m changing what I do one day at a time so I can go to bed every night knowing I chose to give it my best!
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