Recycle, Reuse, Reduce



How is the purging going?  Drop a comment and let me know how many things are out of your house after making your number,

Today is recycle, garbage, and donation day for me- I love the feeling of letting go of the excess.  😊

Let’s talk about the three R’s ♻️ Likely, your doing well recycling- at the very minimum returning bottles and cans as well as plastic bags.  We all must do our part to recycle some of our waste. You are probably reusing a lot of your items- hopefully wearing your clothes and shoes over and over again, donating all items in good condition you are not using.  Utilizing reusable tote bags and finding new uses for a variety of things in your home.  I applaud you for all of your efforts, it would be much easier to do nothing.

The R I’m hoping to focus on, the one that doesn’t receive enough attention is Reducing.  Buying less, storing less and maintaining less.  Did you know there is a generation that could tell you exactly which toys they received for each of their birthdays?  Times when clothes shopping was done just 2-4 times per year.  This is unheard of today!  Do we really need so much?  Should we always be buying, gifting and piling things in?  

Let’s start questing our purchases and choosing to buy just a little less.  The question of; “do I really need this?”is something we should give a good deal of thought to with each purchase.  From toys to clothes to groceries and beauty products, let’s start choosing to skip a few purchases.  

Try a no buying week- give your credit card a rest and enjoy all that you already have!

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