30 LESSONS TO SHARE

WHY ATTEMPT SUSTAINABILITY?

In a YouTube video, Simon Sinek teaches "Start with Why?" in motivating ourselves before starting a project. 

My Sentinel > Consul (ESFJ) personality is the observant and judging type. I am practical and focused on order, security, and stability. These are what drive me towards minimalism. I read Elaine St. James' book Inner Simplicity where she wrote:

the decision to do fewer things and have less stuff is not from self-denial but from the wisdom that comes by taking the time to figure out what is important to us, and in letting go of all the rest

Blogging One's Thoughts

1. General design layout.  A simple frame allowed me to highlight quotes, to post images, to embed videos from YouTube, to insert web links and tables.
2. Web host.  Google hosted my content for free. Smore and Wix can support likewise.
3. Brainstorm ideas.  Similar to mind-mapping our ideas for a Toastmaster speech, online tools like MindMeister is a quick way to brainstorm topics for a blog.
4. Share then enjoy feedback.  A connection is attempting to walk in each other's shoes. Google's Blogger app allowed readers to post their comments.
5. Explore. Use WordPress to develop another blog with accessibility in mind.
6. Create a positive brand.  In I Corinthians, the apostle Paul counted it all joy while at work, imprisoned, traveling, etc.

Healthy From the Inside

1. Value your health and study how whole food plant-based (WFPB) can support your nutritional needs.
2. Maintain an ongoing pantry inventory towards use in weekly menu-planning. 
3. Find recipes given the ingredients you have on hand. Find joy with the Allrecipes.com Search by Ingredient website function. 
4. Prepare a shopping list before going to the grocery store.
5. Fran Drescher in her Cancer Schmancer movement advocates we Check, Choose and Change to rid of toxins in our homes. Her come-to-Jesus (use pain to heal) moment came in the midst of a uterine cancer crisis. 
6. Sleep more to reduce your COViD-19 risk.
7. As our world reels from a worldwide health crisis, civil unrest, divisive politics, so many people out of work, annoying debates, and low-grade depression mere days to our national election...

Visit grandpa every chance that you can, sings Tim McGraw in Humble and Kind.

Organized for Simplicity

1. Hunting and gathering for stuff will not create a joyful day, only frustration from overflowing closets and garages. Designate a likely place for everything and work to put things away in their place. 
2. Maintain a capsule wardrobe that supports your business schedule and office dress code.
3. Refer to the Making Lemonade blog's decluttering checklist. Choose one month each year to purge, declutter, and cleanse.
4. Maintain a donation box scheduled to go to charities of choice each month. For example, sundries and makeup encourage those seeking help from a crisis pregnancy center. Giving closer to home, the SWC Cares Closet is a mini-boutique where students can obtain their next interview outfit. 
5. Donate most media items like audio cassette tapes, VHS tapes, compact disc (CD) music album, and digital video disc (DVD) movies.
• Keep vintage 12-inch vinyl records for their classic content and high-fidelity. Yes, my teenage daughter took dibs on my Daft Funk and her dad's Yamaha player resting in the garage.
6. Minimize technology tools as most go obsolete with platform changes.
• Get rid of all those power and data cables separated from their devices.
• Get rid of all trial CDs and older software versions.
7. Use free music from both Spotify and YouTube channels, and subscribe to movie entertainment portals like NetFlix.
8. Reject pessimism with Pastor Jeremiah and celebrate God's presence as you move forward in life.
9. Decide and focus on personal changes.

    

Tidying The Planet We Rely On

1. [Song lyric] To God be the glory great things He has done. So loved He the world that He gave us...
2. Create a nurturing environment this winter.
3. Reconsider optimal plastic use.
4. Minimize dependence on quick turnaround, product purchasing from China.
5. Secure your online identity by purchasing only from reputable vendors.
6. Support American manufacturers who not only respect the earth's resources but support the direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model for consumer packaged goods.
7. Seek the male perspective from Joshua Becker's Becoming Minimalist blog.
8. Dance in the rain the next time it does because all work and no play will make one cuckoo!