Monday Blues

Monday is a weird day for me. I love it and hate it. There is always so much more to do since it is the day following the Sabbath. Extra laundry, extra dishes, extra messes, so on. Today was kind of dreary on top of it. I did manage to get a load of laundry dried outside though. I love Monday because it is the start of a new week :)

I have been thinking I need to set clearly defined goals. They talk about it a lot at church. I agree they are needed but it can be hard to define them. I wrote a number of things I wanted to do at the beginning of this blog and have assessed things along the way. Here we go.

I want to simplify. That is pretty broad, I know. I want to reduce the amount of stuff in our home and how much comes into it. I want there to be less stuff for me to have to take care of. I want the kids to be content with less. Less is the key.

I want to tread more lightly upon the earth. I want to reduce the waste we produce and our impact on the earth. I want to move away from packaged food and eat more naturally. I want to waste less and conserve more. I want to green up our lives

I want to be more frugal. I need to be a wise steward over our resources. Some of my frugal practices seem in conflict with simplifying and green living, such as our home and food storage (stockpiling, if you will) and my book collecting. Hmmm.

I can't do it all at once. I am probably in a better place than I was when I started this blog but I need to be more conscientious about my choices. Some things will take time, like the eating. We have a lot in our storage we need to go through. I gave quite a bit to the food bank and have a few more bags to donate. Spending less will take time too but should be something I can break myself of soon. If I want less stuff, why keep shopping? We almost have Christmas taken care of and after that there isn't that much else we need.

I'll probably be sharing a wide range of things in this blog. I hate to narrow it down too much to just being simple living or just being frugality or just being green as I am working through all these things to get to where I want to be. I am no expert, I'm just living through it.