Sitting on a train, travelling between families. Between christmas and new years festivities. The holidays with a lot of time of work gives you a lot of time to reflect. I have started to think more about my project, especially with the hole consumer-shop-aholic-thing that Christmas has become. This year I didn't give my friends and family any gifts, but gave the money to charity instead. When someone has asked me this year what I want for christmas I have responded, nothing. I want nothing, please give to someone who needs it more than I do.
I felt frustrated and saddened on Christmas. So many things that need to be done and so many people to help for this world to become a better place. How can we manage this? My patience is nonexistent, I want everything to happen at once! But, as the days went on, I played with my nephew and niece, ate a lot of food and spent time with my loved ones I realised that I cannot do everything at once. But I can do a little. This project to start living more sustainable is meant to start on the 1st of January, but I cannot live 100% sustainable by then, and expect myself to know everything. My knowledge will have to come over time, and my lifestyle will change gradually. I think that will be the most sustainable way to do it, otherwise I face the risk of trying to change too much at once, feeling that it all gets overwhelming and the risk of going back to my old habits would be imminent. So small steps forward will have to be the way to go, investigating and learning as we go along.
One of the first things I need to do is to make an analysis of where I am today. How sustainable is my lifestyle today?
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