We live in an urban environment and over the past 3 years our thinking has evolved regarding the saturation of consumerism, the use of chemicals in all aspects of our life, the industrialization of our food and many more of the mainstream ways of thinking.
As of 2010 we began trying to remove these negative influences from our lives; avoiding the companies who take from the earth without regard or who do not hold standards/values we feel are acceptable for our family, changing our eating habits, researching where we wanted to live and exactly what we wanted to be different in our lives.
As we started this journey we began to realize how many we needed to make changes we needed and wanted to make. We needed to first fill our life with what really mattered and only then let the other stuff in, but being cautious and mindful of what we allowed. It forced us to re-evaluate what we wanted from life and all those things that we had been told through the media, upbringing, education, society, etc.
We slowly began to remove items and not purchase items that were just “stuff” or that did not fit into the value system we had designed for our family . . .
We decided to focus on the core principles that are most important to us . . .This is what makes us happy.
- Reduced Stress Life- An environment that provides a slower pace, a house that meets our needs but is simple, and an outdoor environment that diminishes our stress and makes us feel at peace.
- Family Time- Keeping a healthy balance between work and play, Having family hobbies and activities- boating/wake boarding, running/triathlons, Yoga, 5k’s, reading, homeschooling.
- Relationships with people- Making time for and staying in touch with those people who are important, meeting new people who we have the same mindset as us.
And so began our journey to a Simpler Family Life began.
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