1. I want to figure out how to bind my own day planner. I know how to bind it, but I haven’t spent any time thinking about what kind of order pages should be printed in. Really, I’d rather buy a Moleskine, but they seem to be sold out everywhere.
2. I want to take more pictures. That should be easy enough?
3. I want to meet more people. I think I can do that, I just need to find a place to do it.
4. I want to do more yoga.
5. I want to want less.

There are some things I’m pretty happy with myself for, but I feel like I could do more to help myself, and save the planet from the evil stupidies of other people. I just don’t know what those things are yet. I’ve tried talking to people about their carbon footprint, about how bad the food they eat is, and how wasteful they are… but it never goes over well. I want to think of a way to make people listen, change their minds about how they live, and think that it’s their own idea. That sounds patronizing, and it is…. I did refer to people’s way of living as their evil stupidities above.

For the most part, honestly, I think it’s the city I live in that gets me down about the state of the planet. But now I’m thinking of all the American cities just like the one I live in, and I’m a little more depressed than I was before.

Here are some things that I do, that make me feel like I might be making a difference:

1. Eat locally grown, organic foods as often as possible. Preferably a combination, otherwise one or the other.
2. Wear clothing made from renewable and sustainable resources: hemp, bamboo, soy, organic cotton, wool (not vegan, but wool grows back!). I love my vegan purse andwallet.
3. Recycle as much as I can, as often as I can.
4. Avoid the pharmaceutical industry.
5. High fructose corn syrup and I are a thing of the past (for the most part).
6. Something that’s good for me: carry water in a Klean Kanteen.
7. Walk to and from work everyday, or if I absolutely need to get there faster, take public transit.
8. Think before I print something on virgin paper at work.

I know I’m just blowing smoke up my own ass, but it makes me feel better, requires no effort on my part, and I have a hard time understanding why other people are too good to do the same (yes, a lot of people do a lot more).

Know what surprises me? When I open guides on how to “be green” and the first things they say are to turn lights off when you leave the room, or to not run water while you’re brushing your teeth.

PEOPLE DO THAT STUFF??? omgwtfbbq. Seriously? Huzzzooooo.

Okay. A short list of things that suck about me:

1. I drink a lot of caramel machiattos from Starbucks, and I don’t always use my stainless steel mug. That’s a frightening amount of paper cups. At least they’re recycled paper.

I’m going to lose sleep over this.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 3:17 am and is filed under daily post.