Personal Update:

[butterfly]

So, I've decided that I don't want to drive my car. It uses gas, which is both expensive and bad for the environment, plus if I don't drive, I will need to walk and/or bike-ride to the places that I need to go.

I've been doing this for the last five or so days that I've gone places. Will let y'all know how it goes.

I've been off of meat and caffeine for a little while now and haven't had any trouble since the time I had issues with telling my dad that I was going vegetarian (have since told him, all to the good). Haven't managed to fully quit dairy (pizza and ice cream, mostly) but I am drinking soy milk regularly and have stopped putting cheese on my pasta.

I now have a plan for the future that I'm quite excited about. In about ten years, jic, vampireborg and I are planning to open up a bed and breakfast (preferably near Ashland, Oregon). So, we're starting to save up for that now. We figure, between the three of us, we make at least one quality host (borg likes to cook for vast quantities of people, jic is a numbers person, and I genuinely like people and find pretty much every person in the world interesting). I'm thinking that I'm going to tell my family that I would prefer money for the B&B fund on my birthdays and Christmas, rather than presents (this was my mom's suggestion).

Life is rather spiffy, at the moment.

Comments

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

Have you looked into electric powered bykes?

Cool life plan, hope everything works out. :)

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Wow!
You planny-planner you!
I wish I had the get-up-and-go to make plans.

[sweet-torments.livejournal.com]

well, it sounds like you've got a plan, which is good. The diet sounds very responsible of you. I should really do the same. My beer and junk food diet really isn't doing me any good.

Good luck with the b&b. You have an experienced hotel front desk person here if you need another partner, lol. Then again, given that I'm at that job right now and trolling lj, maybe you wouldn't want to hire me. :)

Good luck with it all the same.

[scary-lullabies.livejournal.com]

Awesome on the not-driving! I don't drive and even though it can be inconvenient, I think it makes me more independent and helps me be more appreciative of life and time and is just a general very positive thing in my life.

[fannishnonsense]

Wow, I'm impressed. I can barely plan what I'm going to do tomorrow, let alone 10 years from now!

And I gave up driving a few years ago. Never regretted it, doubt I ever will. Still haven't given up dairy though. Maybe I should try that next?

[brooding-soul.livejournal.com]

I very seldom use my car here at school anymore. Every now and then I'll run to the mall, Wal-Mart or out for fast food (1-3 times a week), but mostly I'll walk everywhere. Luckily, everything I need is reallyc lose by. Even driving places only takes me about five minutes.