Monday, December 29, 2008
thinking about the new year
i have not been blogging for a long time. i think that this might be the place to explore my wishes for the new year. Part of a very large cloud that hung over me last year has lifted. Small issues remain, but hopefully they will lift sometime soon as well and i need to get on with my life.
Ok, i have been thinking about the way i deal with money. i spend it....every cent that comes in to my hand, no matter how much money i make, i spend it. i buy magazines, books, fabric, yarn, wool fibers and now jewelry making stuff. All great stuff, but i have more stuff now that i could use for the rest of my life. No amount of stuff seems to satisfy me, because i am always out looking for the next thing.
So, what to do? What if i decided not to spend any money on fabric, etc for a whole month. That would be a start. If i fall of the wagon, it is ok, no bones broken. Just start again.
There are alot of other people whom i have met online who are doing various forms of lessening spending.....actually zero spending: noimpactman.com and several on Flickr....These days in my French Life......etc.
i'm looking at this as a very positive thing. i already have plenty of everything. My life is abundant! In world terms, i am rich, rich, rich! i have hot running water and an indoor toliet AND a refridgerator! i have plenty of good food and a car that runs......right now. i am rich! i am lucky to have a good job in an arts and sciences museum....very creative place.
This is actually a start of getting back to my hippy roots. In the 70's, i lived on the Tennessee Farm. At the time, it was the largest commune in the United States. Our main goal was to develop a sustainable lifestyle that would be accessable to everyone on the planet. We were totally vegan and gave up all worldy goods except clothes and musical instruments when we joined. We had no money. We called ourselves voluntary pesants and had a non-profit relief agency called Plenty. As in "Plenty for everybody." Good thoughts and intentions, but the reality of creating a whole new society from scratch as a group was unrealistic. I lasted about a year.
Right now, i feel the world shifting. With the election of Barack Obama and the economic situation that is happening now, i hope that we take this opportunity to shift into a more sustainable lifestyle. i think we have to if we are going to survive on this planet. i have more hope and a one year old grandson.
ok, some of my goals for 2009 include....destashing.....giving some of my extra stuff away. Wasting less food....buying only the food i need and buying the best organically grown and as locally grown foods as i can. This is going to be fun! Maybe i will not be vegan, but more vegetarian.
Ok, i have been thinking about the way i deal with money. i spend it....every cent that comes in to my hand, no matter how much money i make, i spend it. i buy magazines, books, fabric, yarn, wool fibers and now jewelry making stuff. All great stuff, but i have more stuff now that i could use for the rest of my life. No amount of stuff seems to satisfy me, because i am always out looking for the next thing.
So, what to do? What if i decided not to spend any money on fabric, etc for a whole month. That would be a start. If i fall of the wagon, it is ok, no bones broken. Just start again.
There are alot of other people whom i have met online who are doing various forms of lessening spending.....actually zero spending: noimpactman.com and several on Flickr....These days in my French Life......etc.
i'm looking at this as a very positive thing. i already have plenty of everything. My life is abundant! In world terms, i am rich, rich, rich! i have hot running water and an indoor toliet AND a refridgerator! i have plenty of good food and a car that runs......right now. i am rich! i am lucky to have a good job in an arts and sciences museum....very creative place.
This is actually a start of getting back to my hippy roots. In the 70's, i lived on the Tennessee Farm. At the time, it was the largest commune in the United States. Our main goal was to develop a sustainable lifestyle that would be accessable to everyone on the planet. We were totally vegan and gave up all worldy goods except clothes and musical instruments when we joined. We had no money. We called ourselves voluntary pesants and had a non-profit relief agency called Plenty. As in "Plenty for everybody." Good thoughts and intentions, but the reality of creating a whole new society from scratch as a group was unrealistic. I lasted about a year.
Right now, i feel the world shifting. With the election of Barack Obama and the economic situation that is happening now, i hope that we take this opportunity to shift into a more sustainable lifestyle. i think we have to if we are going to survive on this planet. i have more hope and a one year old grandson.
ok, some of my goals for 2009 include....destashing.....giving some of my extra stuff away. Wasting less food....buying only the food i need and buying the best organically grown and as locally grown foods as i can. This is going to be fun! Maybe i will not be vegan, but more vegetarian.
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