Sugar, sugar

I have a philosophy about sugar. It's terrible for you and there is just no reason to eat it at all, ever. If I am baking something for you, it doesn't have sugar in it. Ever. I believe that it is just one of the worst and most unnecessary thing that a person can eat. It makes me moody and sad and pudgy.

So why do I own this bag of sugar right here?

I don't know. It has been sitting in my cabinet for the past nine months completely untouched. So today I threw it away. I don't even feel bad, it's not healthy for anybody. I stopped really eating it about three years ago, and very quickly dropped something like ten pounds. That's not to say that I don't ever eat it, everybody slips sometimes. But as a general rule I don't touch the stuff. That's not just sweets, it's ketchup, soft drinks, white bread, and so on.

If you do the research you will learn some awful stuff about what sugar does to your body. I don't like to be preachy, and it's better to learn about it for yourself. If you have the time, there is a great lecture here, thanks to UCTV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

A healthy life is a happy life.

On giving it away

It's spring cleaning time, so I'm challenging myself to give away at least one thing every day for thirty days. There are two reasons, the first is that I'm moving away soon. The second reason is that giving things away is an important process for me- it helps me to remember that things are just things. Everyday I'm picking another thing that I don't need anymore and putting it into a pile. Watching the stack grow is rewarding, and keeping the things set aside for awhile instead of just running them off to Goodwill softens the impact.

I feel like my apartment is on a diet. Seriously though, it's easy to feel like you are owned by your possessions. As an adventurer, it makes more sense for me to get rid of all the things that just don't make my life better. Besides, my moving van is a Camry, and my philosophy is that if it doesn't fit in my car, it doesn't go with. This is going to mean LOTS of creativity come moving day.

Two weeks in, and this little give-away pile has grown into a give away monster. I think I'm already at thirty things and it hasn't even been two weeks. I'm going to keep the pile going for a full thirty days and see how much I can part with.

At three weeks in, I am WAY over 30 things in my give away pile... but I'm still adding at least one thing every day. It's getting easier. May 14th is the day that it all goes to Goodwill.