Living with less

  Now that is not a concept we are used to hearing is it?

  Ever tried it? Like living with less dessert, or movies or random shopping sprees?

  Or go really radical and try to use less electricity and a/c or processed foods. Try to grow and raise your food instead of buying it- Try, less convenience! 

  There are many folks trying to be more self sufficient these days and it is a goal which can be accomplished. 

  It is not easy but possible. What I find to be the challenge is, comes when one gets sick, or unexpected company arrives- or when the durn cow gets into the garden. Those unexpected situation create much difficulty. So we're on a quest to determine ways to be better prepared for the unexpected and inconvenient. 

  One KEY component to becoming more self sufficient requires" Thinking Ahead".   Fast food, easy availability of food and mass transit has eliminated the need for us to think ahead and thus we have lost the art of having fore site. This is where our journey begins- in the mind!