So after many years of saying "I really should, I think I can, I know I should" or any other lame excuses that I have used to justify why I haven't prioritized food storage, I have gotten the message! We received so many great and inspiring ideas about how easy and how obviously important it is to have food storage yesterday the I have committed to a new year, a new plan.
It has always been so overwhelming to me to think about food storage because I have this all or nothing way of thinking. But yesterday, I changed my thought process. I realized I could make it a quest, hobby and certainly fun if I was focused on something great for my family. So I decided to buy one thing every day for my food storage. Certainly if items are on sale for $3/1.00 you would buy three. But that is the basic idea. At the end of the year, look how much I will have accomplished. I also want to take it one step further. The item (s) need to cost less than one dollar. Totally something I can do since I find the time and money to support my Diet Mt. Dew habit, right! And the third step in this is to incorporate exercise into this great/fun plan. So, weather cooperating, I will walk to one of the local grocery stores, which for me are only about 5-6 minutes tops and pick up the new item of the day. I am also going to journal my items so I can see the progress at a glance in my purse. The picture I posted is my start. $8/1.00 tomato sauce for Saturday, Sunday (I will make this day up on Sat. or Mon.) is $1.00 fruit cocktail, Monday is $1.00 can of chili and I threw in a can of fruit cocktail for kicks! I think this will be a fun way for me to manage a task that haunts me and completely freaks me out. I hope the excitement lasts. I know I will gain a lot of comfort for all of my efforts. What a great feeling to know that you are prepared.
