Low Impact for Life

I'm currently working on my first goal - decrease / eradicate disposable items.  In order to do that, I wanted to take a look at all the disposable things that are out there and see what I'm already replacing and with what consistency. I'm defining disposable as anything that is meant to be used once and then thrown away . I will be tackling "consumables" next, which I think of as multi-use items but we know they will eventually be trash. Here's what I have so far. How many of these do you use regularly? Do you have any other ideas I missed? Please leave them in the comments! dog poo bags K cups coffee filters toilet paper tampons and pads straws cups paper/plastic plates & bowls water bottles to-go containers napkins paper towels those little cotton pads I clean my face with plastic grocery bags plastic food bags (ziplock?) saran wrap aluminum foil parchment paper gift cards, bags, envelopes tissues single use food containers (sing...

After trying 4 or 5 times in my life to complete the couch to 5K program and always, usually in the middle section where the runs get much longer and you do a new run each time each week, I would fail. Recently, I tried again with the help of my partner, and honestly also with some antidepressants that have helped with motivation and follow through. We slowed down the tough weeks, and repeated runs as we needed to, and you know what? Last Friday I ran, for the first time in my entire life, for 25 minutes continuously. That was 2.64 miles.  No one else cares how quickly you make changes, or which changes you make. If you want to live differently, you can do things at your own pace, and make the changes you feel comfortable making. Those changes will add up. Asking someone to live a low-impact life in our society is kind of the same thing. We are a high consuming society that doesn’t ask any questions about how we live or how much trash we make or whether or not this whole con...

Let's live with purpose!  I'm making some changes, and sharing it with the internet because that's what we do now. Lately I've been thinking about getting ready to potentially procreate and I've been trying to get my body in better shape to produce another body. That led to me thinking about all the things people buy for children, the care/feeding/clothing, etc., and how I really want to have a low-impact baby. And I began to wonder, I'm getting my body in shape, but what about my lifestyle ? I decided to assess and try to live a more low-impact lifestyle before having kids, and this blog is to hold me accountable and share that journey. My first steps were to do research on how others define low-impact lifestyles, what actions they suggest, and also think of things I'm already doing and rate how consistently I'm doing those things. This post will also act as a list of all the suggestions and changes I make. What is a Low-Impact Lifestyle? When t...