The Almost Hippy

My mumma was an avid gardener! I swear she could grow anything, anywhere. It’s number 4012 of the many many skills I wish I learned from her 🥴 But like everything else, I thought, there’s either - plenty of time, I can always buy that, or I won’t need that.

Spoiler alert
there isn’t always time
you can’t always buy everything
and you never know what you’ll need

So if you can learn a skill - do it. And do it yesterday.

As well as trying my hand at growing an edible garden, that list also includes things like travelling the South Island, NZ. We decided to travel all around the world instead, because, you know, we can ALWAYS do our own country any time. Then 👋hello 2021 🥴🥴

Learning Māori
Playing the Ukelele
Sewing
Always cooking the perfect amount with perfect timing so everything is hot at the same time (honestly HOW)

And now here I am at 39, learning from the internet instead of my mum, planning trips around WA cos I can’t even go home and I still have to google “how to roast a chicken” EVERY SINGLE TIME lol.

Growing up with mum who could just DO everything - I took for granted that this s**t ain’t as easy as it looks.

So unlike me, my kids are gonna have to learn from a complete novice. Someone who googles “gardening for dummies” and then has to change it to “gardening to dumber dummies”cos I still don’t quite get it lol 🥴 But like my friend .joey said today - we are giving it a red hot crack. So I at least picked that attitude up from mum.

So, say hello to our little seedlings. They took a while and we MAY have drowned some of them and who knows which ones will survive planting!! Either way - it’s gonna be a win or a lesson, and both are a perfect outcome.

The crazier the world gets (and let’s be honest, s**ts getting fu***ng wild out there) - the more we focus on what we can control. Our own four walls and what’s going on in here.

And if NOTHING else, my girls will at least be able to roast a chicken & grow tomatoes without the damn internet 😂😂😂😂

What teachings are going on in your home during these crazy ass times? 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Do you wanna know the REAL reason I went low tox 5 years ago? It’s probably not what you think.

I realised recently. Even though I KNOW the benefits of lowering the toxic load of our home environment, from perfumes to cleaners to candles, it wasn’t actually the main reason why I decided to grab my starter pack of oils 5 years ago.

The truth is - I needed a WIN. Becoming a mother hit me like a MACK TRUCK. I was flailing for a bit there. I always grew up with knowing a holistic view on health, in the way that true health is made up of many pillars. Not just what size jeans you fit into.

Your mental health, physical health, spiritual health, financial health and environmental health. And let me just say, I was fu***ng struggling on all 5, and had my whole life. But after birth, I wasn’t sleeping much. I wasn’t fuelling or moving my body, while also being depleted from BF’ing. I was apathetic. I wasn’t working and missed the security of having my own money. And I sure as hell wasn’t bothered with the chemical s**tstorm I was creating in my home.

So, when I decided I wanted to improve things. I chose to clean up my environment first. I made the switch to go low tox. For so many benefits but also cos it was the EASIEST. It literally needed the least amount of time, effort, mindset change & cost. It was something I could achieve quickly & that reminder that I don’t have to do it ALL and just start one area at a time.

I wasn’t at the stage where I was ready to get on that up & down roller coaster that is physical/mental/spiritual health. I cleaned up my house. And over the 1-2 months it took to completely overhaul our home, it gave me the confidence and catalyst I needed. It’s hard to be apathetic when you’re so pumped about the IMMEDIATE changes you can see. I was proud of myself. My financial health also quickly improved as a side benefit!

It’s great to talk about green washing & endocrine disrupters but I also think it’s important to share that of ALL the ways I wanted to help myself, THIS was the easiest & the WIN I needed!

And that one decision completely changed our life ✌️🥰
Let me know if you relate 👇🏾