Personal Testimonial

Today I want to share a brief personal experience post.

Much of what I have done over the last few weeks is explore websites, read blogs and articles and then share them with my posts. Apparently this effort is coming to fruition. Last night I went to the grocery store and as I walked up and down the aisles with my coupons and store circular in hand. I didn't just look at or for things that I wanted to eat. I didn't just look at the prices and calculate how much a coupon would save me. I thought about much of what I have been reading and consequently posting about here. I walked by the dairy section thinking about the energy that it takes to power those open coolers with the OJ in them, same with the cheese, hotdogs and bacon. I briefly ventured down the frozen food aisle (looking for a specific item I had 2 coupons for) and thought about what it takes in packaging for those products, then thought about the transportation chain and how the product must remain frozen in transit, in a storage freezed and then again in the display freezer. All of that was adding to my ecological footprint. This wasn't something that I planned to happen, it just started to "click" with me as I was doing it, my brain was bringing what I have been learning to me when it was most relevant to be applied.

I found that this was a very reinforcing moment as I was internalizing what I was learning and becoming prepared to apply it in my day to day life. I hope some of you have positive experiences as I described above.