Comments on: My Un-New Years Resolution — Take the Simple Living Challenge http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/ Think we can't live without plastic? Think again. In 2007 I committed to stop buying any new plastic & I've almost succeeded! Won't you join me? Let's see what plastic-free looks like in 2012... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. ~Beth Terry Thu, 23 May 2013 15:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rosa http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38805 Rosa Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38805 Beth, I do support your simplification effort and I know you’re doing it because you’re feeling ill effects on your life.

But I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your intensity and the way you’re willing to put a lot of time and energy into everything you do. I’ve watched you (through the blog) cycle through these periods of too much computer and then correcting it several times now, and it does seem to me that it’s a function of some of your virtues as much as a bad habit. I hope you don’t feel like overconnectivity is a personal flaw.

]]> By: Beth Terry http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38800 Beth Terry Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:54:14 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38800 Hi Jason. You can read about my computer here: http://myplasticfreelife.com/2010/11/good-bye-toshiba-laptop-hello-secondhand-sony-vaio/ I do participate in modern society, but I don’t buy new electronics, and I don’t upgrade until something completely breaks. I fix things when they break and find things secondhand when necessary. Please stick around and read more articles on the site to understand the problems with plastic and why we should all cut down on the amount of new plastic we consume. http://myplasticfreelife.com/2010/11/the-story-of-electronics-planned-obsolescence-sucks/

]]> By: Jason Winters http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38799 Jason Winters Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:55:58 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38799 I guess you can’t completely be ‘plastic free’…you have a smart phone..and I assume a computer.

Go hug a tree…

]]> By: Cherie http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38796 Cherie Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:03:22 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38796 I’ve signed on. I’m always about simplifying. :)

]]> By: Deanna Piercy http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38788 Deanna Piercy Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:25:00 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38788 I had already started a January challenge to buy almost nothing. This fits in perfectly and I’m now signed up.

]]> By: Eve Stavros http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38786 Eve Stavros Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:37:58 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38786 Yes I have taken the pledge! I’ve been de-cluttering, yard-saling (selling), Craigs-listing, e-baying and recently moving in an effort to downsize & simplify. New life in Virginia will have more time for silence, reflection, quiet times with friends…once I get through the hassles of setting up a new household. I look forward to this joint effort to re-energize me and share ideas!

]]> By: julsie http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38785 julsie Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:28:29 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38785 I really want to sign up, but I’m moving. Which is anything BUT simple. Maybe next time!

]]> By: Helen http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38782 Helen Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:06:43 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38782 I’m just on my way to sign up. This sounds like a great idea. Thank you.

]]> By: knutty knitter http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38781 knutty knitter Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:59:06 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38781 I already do just about everything here so really don’t feel the need at present but I am supporting you in spirit :)

Happy new year

viv in nz

]]> By: David McKay http://myplasticfreelife.com/2012/01/my-un-new-years-resolution-take-the-simple-living-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38780 David McKay Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:19:29 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=5695#comment-38780 Well, Beth, I mentioned you again in my blog. Am I just seeking a larger readership by letting you know? Hmm… maybe a little, but I had started my latest post earlier today and in the course of writing it was discovering that my life has become simpler in some ways by the reduction of plastic in my life. Then I read your post, and saw the similarities.

The milk up the road at that dairy farm? Delicious! And I met the cow that produced it. Life is pretty simple at six in the morning in a dairy barn…

David

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