Becoming Normal

When I first started this blog the entire idea of non-toxic living or even the beginning steps to such a journey seemed radical to me. 

It's insane what just a few months can do to your perspective.

Though my husband and I are still on the lookout for more steps we can take to become more toxin free, our life and choices don't seem so different anymore.

All of the soap in our house is soap, not detergent (though we do have a bottle of dish detergent that gets switched back and forth from soap to detergent depending on who went grocery shopping last).

There is only shampoo/conditioner in our guest shower. (I do have a hair soap that I call shampoo, if that counts, sorry)

We use Norwex products to clean our house, so very minimal cleaning solutions or sprays. Mostly just water or vinegar. Occasionally my husband breaks out the lysol wipes when there's been a bad sickness in the house - he feels like it gets rid of the germs faster.  I don't know if I agree, but hey, if he's cleaning up puke, I won't argue!

We have three more house plants that clean the air (I'll do a post on plants soon!)

We've been buying organic milk whenever it is available at our local grocery store(s). This one was a bigger decision when we made it - it was almost triple the price than regular milk in a few different places that we looked.  When we found it in our local store in the natural food aisle it was less than double! It tastes much better, and I really do like it better.

Reading labels of cosmetics or even food products comes naturally, as does what to look for.  It is not as stressful anymore making decisions and then coming home and looking up the product to realize it wasn't all that grand in the first place.

Green and pink washing are lost on us now. We actually look past the packaging to the ingredients list, and sometimes even company practices.

Our drinking water is uber filtered. - Nothing gets through our filter except water.


The list could go on.  Like I was saying, at the beginning of this, all of the above seemed crazy, stressful, and even a little bit extreme. As we continue on, some of our next choices WILL have to be more radical, like getting rid of plastics from our home or building vertical gardens (which would have to wait until we move).

I've enjoyed this learning process.  Where are you in the journey?

xo,
Bliss