Life change is hard. And going against the grain is even harder.
Maybe that’s why we never seem to really do it..
As a family, we have researched, pondered, and talked late into the night about some of our life philosophies, and it always comes back to the same idea: timelessness.
- How can we decorate our home in such a way we won’t need to redo its trendiness in 5 years?
- How do we best nourish our bodies?
- How should we be spending our free time?
- How can we worship God as a family?
- What should community look like? Or our jobs?
- How do we give our kids the healthiest childhood on all counts?
But conversations are hard to turn into actions. Looking around, it seems like everybody has plans for how they would make a more money or get healthier or finally do x thing. But plans are cheap. Our plans are a dime a dozen.
And we are tired of being stuck there when it comes to our family. We are determined to make some real changes. That’s what we are here for. That’s what this blog is about — finding out how to turn philosophy into action.
If you want to join us, here it goes.
3 easy ways to make your life a little more lindy:
1. Get outside more
Let your kids run wild. Plant a garden. Go on walks. Just sit and talk.
Life used to be lived outside — for good reason! (Well, besides the fact that that was often the only choice… 😛 But it was beneficial nonetheless!)
We have started with daily outside time for our kids, even if it’s short, and family Sunday walks. Baby steps!
2. Work with your hands
Find a project you can do or skill you can learn.
We have tried fitting in more baking and we are planning on learning some sewing and woodworking.
If that feels overwhelming, there are even smaller steps you can start with — take care of a plant, do some extra yardwork, make some origami!
3. Eat real food
Don’t worry too much about which foods to eat, soaking, etc. just yet. Just start somewhere!
For us, that meant adding in some more fruits and vegetables, cutting out all of our snack food, and looking for some higher quality meat.
That’s about where we are right now. It hasn’t been too hard and it has made huge amounts of difference in the pace of our lives, which has in turn affecting our health and stress, not to mention just enjoyment of what we do.
So, if that’s what you’re looking for, jump in!
