cheers to a new and greener year, in July.

For the last 5 years of my life I have been in university. University, as much as it is rewarding, tends to suck your life away. So whenever I had a break, whether it be Christmas or reading break, I would think about all the things I wished I had time to do and would try to cram them into 2 weeks and think that I could continue to do them even when uni started up again. One of those things was blogging. And low and behold, I did not have time and my green impact got put to the side. Now that I am finished, and currently unemployed (yes, sad day) I have time to think and ponder about how I can better live my life to positively impact my earth. 

I will admit, I have not been the most conscientious person lately. Don't get me wrong, I compost and recycle and have a garden. I try my best to not use chemicals and make my own cleaning products. However, I know I can do better. So here is to my start, July 16 2013.

For my first endeavor, something I have consistently battled with is consumerism. I have a love hate relationship with it. I love it, my budget does not. When I think back on the last few years, some of my happiest moments were those when I decided to try to not spend money, be economical and use what we have, thus forcing me to be creative. I didn't think, woe is me I cant spend money, but saw it as an opportunity to use a part of my brain that a shopping cart and credit card do not permit me to use. 

So here it goes. One month (to start) of not spending frivolously and being creative with the things I do own, enjoying what God has already blessed me with and choosing to not support consumerism. Wish me luck, I am definitely going to go through withdrawl....

PS: I am sure I have posted this video before, but I will do it again. Take the time to watch it, it is very rewarding!

http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-stuff/