For one week I can not purchase anything that requires the use of a bar code. This encourages the consumption of local foods from farmer’s markets and butcher shops and bakeries. It encourages the purchase of bulk foods and making meals from whole foods. It directs you to buy used things and items from small stores where they don’t have a bar code system. No fast food (we’ll just say it’s part of the bar code system) but eating out locally is fine. Just try to find a cafe or restaurant that attempts to get most of their food locally.
ooglagirl's Life List
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1. experience a positive transformation
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2. Live part-time in Hawaii and write books there
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3. Improve my cooking skills and make foods that heal people
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4. start living an authenic life - today!
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5. close real estate deals this month.
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6. lose 15 pounds
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7. go for a long walk 4 days a week, starting today
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8. Have a fat savings account
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9. be thankful for what i have
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10. let magic happen
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11. organize my life
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12. be honest with my feelings and truthful in my friendships
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13. Have a good happy *romantic* relationship with a good man
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14. write a book
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15. have inner and outer beauty
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16. realize that others are going to do what they want to do, not what i wish they would do
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17. take more photos
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18. take a deep breath when i'm stressed
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19. look and feel great most of the time
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20. fund a microloan through kiva.org
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21. Live life more micro-nomic
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22. Consume less, create more
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23. go to the natural hot springs spa once a week
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24. become independantly wealthy
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25. mentor a child
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26. create a good website
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27. Pass on information from The Omnivore's Dilemma and Nourishing Traditions
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28. remember to have good energy when dealing with things and not to take the path of negativity
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29. make new friends (but keep the old)
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30. travel regularly
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31. Taking the Beyond the Bar Code Challenge
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32. trust in the universe
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33. follow my bliss
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34. Improve my health/immune system
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35. be in an incrediably good mood
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36. make mutual agreement with others
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37. when it's reasonable, add more FUN to life
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38. make my mantra "love is the answer:"
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39. be debt free!
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40. be free to create a beautiful life
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41. Practice the Law of Attraction
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42. Learn to Speak Comfortably in front of an Audience
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How I did it: I asked a lot of questions of folks who were already urban homesteading. I did not always belief the people at the feed store because they are selling stuff. I went to the bookstore and library and learned how folks cared for their animals 150 years ago, and how to keep animals naturally healthy by providing the right environment and good nutritious foods for their systems. It's good to be a worm farmer, get fresh eggs f… Read how I did it…
How I did it: we shopped for a farm on craig's list and mls. we went and looked a many in several parts of two states. we visited ones that were out of our price range and we visited one that wasn't even for sale by owner, however, the magic occured and contract terms were made available to us. we feel that the house and land chose us! it's just the right size and just close enough to a major metro area to have regular patr… Read how I did it…
Following my bliss means being real, living Juicy as Sark would say, and understanding that funding (i.e. money) comes in unconditional ways.
I am almost debt free! Expect my house and that payment has been reduced significantly.

