New Project – Change

I need to make a change in my life.

This issue has really been weighing on me in the last month.  Maybe it’s been there a lot longer, but I have just started consciously thinking about it, praying about it and preparing to act on it.  I believe that God is really speaking to me through books, devotions and conversations with friends.  I need to make this change.

I am a major consumer.  More than that, I waste… a lot.  I waste food, waste products, waste money (!!!!!), buy too much.  *The clearance rack is not an excuse to squeeze the hangers closer together in my closet!  *If I don’t need it, I need to give it away to someone who will be able to use it!  *How many things in my house don’t get touched in the period of a month?  If that’s the case, do I really need those things?

I decided a couple of weeks ago that I will give up “shopping” for Lent.  I will be allowed to go to the grocery store during that time, but disallow myself from Target and Walmart… and especially from online shopping.  This will take some preparation since my daughter’s birthday is during that six week period.  (and my sister’s … and several birthday parties that we are invited to) 

I will also only allow myself to go out to lunch during the week one time per week.  Taking my lunch to work will save food and money.  Plus, it will be much more healthy.  Maybe I can learn how to be more environmentally friendly in the course of these events.  Or at least take strides in that direction.

I’m going to use this blog to document how things are going.  In the next three months (three weeks until lent, six and a half weeks of Lent and through our Disney trip in April.)  My idea is that this will help me to embark on a life change.  Somehow, I’m going to have to find a balance so that my daughter doesn’t feel deprived, but I am limiting my consumerism.

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