My ABC’s of Simple Natural Living

1. 💵 AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPENSES:

Adjust your thermostats — Air-dry your clothes — Buy second-hand items — Cancel subscriptions — Eat out less — Live frugally — Maintain your possessions — Shop during sales — Take your lunch to work — Turn off lights & taps

2. 💲 BUDGET WISELY:

Avoid Credit — Comparison Shop — Have a Savings Account — Maintain an Emergency Fund — Plan for Gifts & Donations — Save for Retirement — Spend Less — Track Your Spending — Wait for Sales

3. 🧴 CONSUME RESPONSIBLY:

Carry a water bottle — Minimize food waste — Replace only broken items — Shop locally — Use up food, leftovers & products

4. ⬇️ DECLUTTER & DOWNSIZE:

Declutter unnecessary items — Downsize your home & vehicles — Throw away, donate, give away or superfluous items

5. 🥕 EAT HEALTHIER:

Buy local seasonal foods — Healthy snacks — More fruits & vegetables — Less sugar, preservatives, fatty foods & sodium — Drink plenty of water

6. 🥤 USE FEWER DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS:

Buy in bulk — Use reusable containers, utensils, bags & wraps — Use durable party decorations

7. 🪴 GREEN YOUR LIFE & HOME:

Use energy efficient appliances — Fix leaks — Get a rain barrel — Buy products with less packaging — Use natural products — Reduce water & energy consumption — Shop locally — Weatherize your home

8. 🌿 HEAL YOURSELF NATURALLY:

Drink more water — Follow a balanced diet — Get plenty of sleep and rest — Get daily sunlight —Use herbal & natural remedies — Exercise regularly — Walk, walk and walk

9. 👗 INVENT YOURSELF A 333 WARDROBE:

With Project 333™ and learn how to dress with 33 items or less for each 3 month season.

10. 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ JUMP INTO ACTIVITY:

Do yard work — Exercise — Plant a garden — Take the stairs — Walk & talk (phone calls) — Walk whenever possible

11. 🎓 KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Study the Bible — Never stop learning — Cooking skills — DIY & repair skills — Learn a foreign language — Learn to grow & preserve your own food — Study music — Take classes

12. ⏰ LEARN TO MANAGE YOUR TIME:

Learn to say no — Prioritize — Reduce your commitments — Start with the smallest tasks — Stop procrastinating — Use an agenda

13. 🤗 MORE OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT:

Help others — Pray more — Spend more time with God & others — Volunteer

14. 💳 NO MORE DEBT:

Buy with cash — No credit cards — Pay off debt — Save money

15. 🗂️ ORGANIZE:

Declutter first then organize — A place for everything — Put things away right away

16. 🍇 DO IT YOURSELF:

Cook at home — Make your own things — Live with less — Grow & preserve food — Learn to get by — Live within your means — Make do — Repair things yourself

17. 📖 QUIETEN YOUR SOUL:

Learn to be still — Meditate on Scripture — Pray – Read your Bible — Spend time in nature — Try journaling

18. ♻️ RECYCLE, REDUCE, REUSE, REPURPOSE:

Use reusable containers — Decorate using nature — Invent new uses for old things — Make old T-shirts into cleaning rags — Switch to paperless billing & statements — Start a composting bin

19. 🔄 SHARE, EXCHANGE OR BORROW GOODS & SERVICES:

Share or borrow goods — Books, equipment, appliances, tools, toys, etc;
Exchange services — Babysitting, construction, haircuts, cleaning, tax preparation, tutoring, etc.

20. 😊 TAKE A DEEP BREATH, SLOW DOWN, AND ENJOY LIFE:

Take fewer selfies — Find a hobby — Enjoy more free time — Take more rest & relaxation — Read more — Pray more — Try slow living

21. 💻 UNPLUG FROM TV & INTERNET:

Use social media less — Reduce your screen time — Unfollow content that adds no value to your life

22. 🙏 VALUE CONTENTMENT:

Be content with “enough” — Cultivate gratitude — Give thanks — Resist the desire for more

22. 👷‍♂️ WORK LESS OR WORK SMARTER:

Schedule all appointments on same day — Delegate tasks — Minimize distractions — Organize your tasks — Try “smart working” — Work part-time

24. 🛍️ eXIT MATERIALISM & CONSUMERISM:

Avoid stores & online shops — Buy less — Find free Ebooks & movies — No impulse buying — Shop less — Skip advertising

25. 🎨 YES—TO CREATIVITY:

Blog — Make Movies — Dance — Do Art — Create a Family Tree — Become a wedding planner — Take Pictures – Write a Story – Play or compose music — Read or write poetry

26. 🔎 ZOOM IN ON CHEAP OR FREE EXPERIENCES:

Beach days — Bike outings — Camping trips — Candlelight dinners at home — Flea markets & second-hand shops — Free concerts & exhibitions — Free days at the zoo — Home-exchange holidays — Libraries, museums & exhibitions — Music — Nature walks & hikes — Picnics — Puzzles — Work vacations (volunteer work, housesitting)