I loved your article. I totally agree with taking care of ourselves first. I try to eat healthy and do things that help the planet but as you said, you can only do so much. I don't stress myself if I want to eat something I know is not healthy and I definitely won't give up dark chocolate. The gas stove thing kind of blindsided me, but I don't have small children in my house and I have a good ventilated space so I will not be switching to electric as I like cooking with gas much better. You can't cut everything you love out of your life hoping it will keep you living a little longer. What kind of life do you want to live? If I had to give up everything I love to live a little longer I wouldn't enjoy the time I have on this earth.
As usual you’re amazing writing sums it all up. To put it simply, my philosophy is this: life is terminal, I’m not going to hate it while I’m alive. I eat and drink what I want while being conscious of the good and the bad and like with anything, I try to find a balance and a lifestyle that works for me. It took me many years to realize that saying no to others is saying yes to me and that was the next step to realizing I need to be a priority not an after thought. I do my best to make better eating choices, exercise and sleep habits. I try to remember to give myself credit for what I have accomplished big or small and not beat myself up over what I haven’t. We all need to support one another and the choices we each make to make ourselves into the people we want to be.
Wow, another one that hits home for me. I swapped to all non-tox products a few years ago, but it's easy to buy one or two things that are "toxic" to save some money as I spend my monthly paycheck (ah grad student life).
If you haven't read The Omnivore's Dilemma, your post reminded me of it. So much of what Michael Pollan writes about in that book goes back to blaming big mega corporations for poisoning us, impoverishing our farmers, and creating bad working and living conditions for our meatpackers/meat. They tell us we are sick, fat, unhealthy from our own choices, but then dump toxic fertilizer on our fields. That toxic fertilizer runs off the overly broken ground and ends up in our water supplies. It's not us making us sick, it's the greed of a few hundred people.
I loved your article. I totally agree with taking care of ourselves first. I try to eat healthy and do things that help the planet but as you said, you can only do so much. I don't stress myself if I want to eat something I know is not healthy and I definitely won't give up dark chocolate. The gas stove thing kind of blindsided me, but I don't have small children in my house and I have a good ventilated space so I will not be switching to electric as I like cooking with gas much better. You can't cut everything you love out of your life hoping it will keep you living a little longer. What kind of life do you want to live? If I had to give up everything I love to live a little longer I wouldn't enjoy the time I have on this earth.
Maggie,
As usual you’re amazing writing sums it all up. To put it simply, my philosophy is this: life is terminal, I’m not going to hate it while I’m alive. I eat and drink what I want while being conscious of the good and the bad and like with anything, I try to find a balance and a lifestyle that works for me. It took me many years to realize that saying no to others is saying yes to me and that was the next step to realizing I need to be a priority not an after thought. I do my best to make better eating choices, exercise and sleep habits. I try to remember to give myself credit for what I have accomplished big or small and not beat myself up over what I haven’t. We all need to support one another and the choices we each make to make ourselves into the people we want to be.
Wow, another one that hits home for me. I swapped to all non-tox products a few years ago, but it's easy to buy one or two things that are "toxic" to save some money as I spend my monthly paycheck (ah grad student life).
If you haven't read The Omnivore's Dilemma, your post reminded me of it. So much of what Michael Pollan writes about in that book goes back to blaming big mega corporations for poisoning us, impoverishing our farmers, and creating bad working and living conditions for our meatpackers/meat. They tell us we are sick, fat, unhealthy from our own choices, but then dump toxic fertilizer on our fields. That toxic fertilizer runs off the overly broken ground and ends up in our water supplies. It's not us making us sick, it's the greed of a few hundred people.