Welcome to Small Changes

Hello and Welcome to Small Changes!

We are a family of three and we want to talk about the progressive changes we make in our lives that help us to be leaner, richer and greener. Currently, we are both a little overweight, flat broke, and interested in developing a more sustainable lifestyle.

Good, healthy food can be more expensive than processed faux food, but we believe achieving and maintaining a healthly weight is possible -- even on a tight budget. We want to show that spending less money can in fact help you in your pursuit of health. Similarly, choosing to do things yourself -- using manual tools instead of machines, walking or biking to work instead of driving -- can burn lots of calories and save you a little money, too.

Many of these changes that help make us leaner and richer (or at least less broke) are also, coincidentally, "greener". We believe that before people will begin to adopt an environment-friendly lifestyle, they must believe it is in their best interests to do so.

So, our focus will be on how certain behaviors can help us live healthy -- healthy bodies and healthy wallets, but with the added benefit of a healthy earth. There are lots of blogs that talk about how preserving the earth is good, but there's not much information out there about how doing good for yourself can also do good for the environment.

Ultimately, its all about frugality in the exchange of energy. Where money is concerned, we want to keep more of our cash (which is a stand-in for energy). When we talk about weight management, we want the highest nutritional quality for the lowest calories (energy). And we want to expend our own energy to do as many things as possible, rather than pay for someone else's energy -- whether it's gasoline, electricity, or even help with construction projects or sewing.

A lifestyle of increased simplicity (or decreased complexity, whichever you prefer) can help you have an abundant household, physically and fiscally.

Best,

Papa Bear and Mama Bear