7

I am reading a book with a group of women called "7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess."  The author takes 7 areas in her life that she feels needs some whittling down and assigns them a month.  During those individual months she focuses on an area, like food, and cuts out the excess.  For example, the waste chapter talks about the amount of garbage they throw out, the nonexistence of a recycling habit in her home, and the use of two large SUV type vehicles.  How can she cut down?  What can they do as a family to honor the concept of getting along with what you need not just what you want.  Anyway, thru the month's time she comes to realize what her family has verses what they can really get along with.  One car instead of two, two bags of garbage a week instead of 15, etc.  I love her writing as it really sounds like we are holding a conversation and she's telling me about her day.  I highly recommend this book, not to make you feel guilty about how you are living but to give you ideas on how you can change these areas in your life. 

I think my first chapter I'll tackle is waste.  I have a lot of items to go thru and ask myself, "do I really need that?"  If not, off it goes!  Next will be the finances thing.  They whittled it down to 7 different places that received their money.  (bills were all one place) ;)  It cut down on eating out, impulse buys, etc.  I'm really looking forward to that one as I just did our family budget for the month last night.  Yuck!  Bills!!!  It's only going to get tighter everyone!  Hang on to your wallets. 

So, if you are looking for a fun and helpful book, or you want to put it into your list of 7 books you just have to finish before you pick up another one... (mom) check it out.  It's an easy and fun read.


In his hands,

Lisa