Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Supersize or Downsize?

What do you think?


I'm leaning towards downsizing

Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson

I’ve been thinking about how we shop with all these stores and the other services we get.  What’s with all this more or bigger is better and unlimited or limited this and that, and then there’s the super sizing and the bundling. 

They say they’re adding more, giving us a deal, more time or access, but doesn’t all this feed our mind to want more, and a lot of the times it’s not needed, wanted, or even used.  We fall into the idea that we need it or will use it, it’s a good deal, so we get more for less or lots for just a bit more.

I’m all for saving money wherever I can but lots of times we get the unlimited this and that, and after a while do we even appreciate it anymore?  We buy the bigger meal because it is only a bit more or we buy more of something on sale then eat or waste more.  We buy the box of six when we really only want one and then can’t even find the others when we run out.  We buy this or that just because we can, we see it, or it’s the new model.  We sign up for a long membership and then only go a few times.

Do we really need or even want what we’re getting, using, or paying for?  Are we really appreciating what we get or is it just a lot more things filling our lives, homes, heads, and stomachs.  Are we living with excess clutter, pounds, services, and creating more and more waste just to make our heads feel happier to think we got a good deal? 

Does this make any sense?

Downsizing is starting to mean so much more!




Thursday, August 16, 2012

Island Gals Magazine

The second issue for 2012 is now out. 

My article is on page 34!  This is the second story in a series of four for the year and is titled, I'm the new manager of me!

The series is about my surprises and activities in retirement. 

This second story ends with the thought that whenever I want, I can give myself permission to rest or do nothing while knowing that is perfectly OK!


http://www.islandgals.ca/index.html