My journey on becoming a true hippy chick
Isn't nature great! After leaving Minnesota I was afraid that trees would be in short supply but turns out, no, that is incorrect. There are trees in Nebraska! You just have to pay to go see them (sort of a joke). Super hippy friends... introducing Fontenelle Forest! My tree escape!I don’t recycle, I buy lots of crap I don’t need. I love meat, and don’t care about the animals. I drive everywhere, even to the grocery store which is 3 blocks from my house. I kick puppies for fun, ok I don’t really do that last part, but I might as well have… I’m selfish, materialistic, and incredibly vain and I’m sick of it!
I refuse to believe that because this was the culture I was raised in, that this is the way I have to be. I am committed to change!! What brought this little revelation on you might ask? Well, loads of things… mostly having to do with my little hippy friend T-Gro. She lived with me for awhile this summer, and kind of opened my eyes to a new lifestyle. What! You can walk places!?! I had no idea! What! You don't have to go to Target/Ikea/WalMart to survive!?! No way! She completely blew my mind.
I started reading, watching documentaries, started learning about our culture. We are a culture of ME. I want to live in a culture of WE.
So, I came up with this little experiment.... I kind of see it as my journey to turning from a
I also started this blog for a couple of reasons. 1) to share what I'm doing; who knows? With your comments maybe we can share ideas and tips of ways to live life better 2) To keep me honest and accountable; knowing that I have to report to my readers will help me stay on track and 3) to have a record of my development. I want documentation that proves how lame I was/am and how awesome I'm gonna be!! I want to prove that if I can do this, anyone can.
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