Reducing

Hello,

due to my occupation with Benjamin Franklins virtues, I looked about myself, where I can make other changes. One of those is the reducing of my internet and other electrical suppliances use.
Was that a sensible sentence? Well, it only means, that I won't be so often in the Internet and so
I will probably only write on sundays, which is my official Internetday from today on.

The reason is, that I had my ecological footprint measured and found, that it is 5,54 hectar big and one would need 2.62 earths for me alone. And I am a little below the german average. That was a
shocker and so I decided to reduce my use of electrical appliances where it is possible. Computer is my one big usage and so, that is to be reduced. I do have a TV, but I generally only use it on weekends as well, so there is not much to reduce. Phew.

As to the virtue-week of Order. I wasn't looking forward to it, because I anticipated even more problems than with silence. But I am glad to say, that I had less problems. I managed to clear all the spaces I wanted to clear and mostly kept my times as well. So it all worked out fine.

The next week is that of Resolution. This is another hard one for me, as I love to make plans. I don't like to go through with them as much, but making them is great fun. So my version of Resolutionweek is this:
only one plan for the private sector and one for the office-sector per day. Whatever else I accomplish is a plus, but these one plans per sector are a must. So today is tax-day. I will make my tax-report and that will take me quite a while. Then I will send it off tomorrow. That is the private sector for monday. I am not telling you, what my office plan is, because I couldn't in english and you would fall asleep on your desk. So I spare you.

As to my ecological footprint. I am sure, there is a worldwide website, where you can test yours. Some things, you won't be able to change, because if you live in an infrastructure, where you are dependant on a car, all you can do may be, to build carpools to get to work or some such things. But others you can change: like not keeping the thermostat so high, that you have to walk in your underwear, in the middle of an icestorm. Or similar. Well I am sure, we all can find ways to reduce our footprint. For me, I will not have freshpressed orangejuice everymorning. I will change to bootled juice of my own region from the local market. And I will reduce the tins and other readymade food.

Also I thought, that I might try out second hand-clothes. There are quite some shops in a town near me. I will buy less clothing anyway. Then I will not buy too much stuff anymore. I found, that I have too much stuff already and rather need to reduce, than to add to it. So I will go and sell books, give away books, throw away stuff. But not books, because I can't bring myself to throw away stuff.

Now, how do we accompany all that with the appropriate Music? Some Disney perhaps? I'll see...

As ever, I don't own it. 

All the best