Life is busy, and here in Johannesburg, it’s
not only busy but also stressful. With the traffic, crime, striking, constant
price hikes etc. this place often brings out “Survival of the Fittest”
mentality. For some time now I have thought, and heard people say, “Is this it?”
I feel that there is this constant pressure on myself and others; time and
money constraints, living for the weekend, hanging on by our fingertips, trying
to make ends meet, running on credit, racing from A to B…and all the time
living for that moment where we feel we have “made it”; when life FINALLY
settles down; we beat the rat race; jump off the hamster wheel. You get my
drift? But sorry to burst your bubble sweety, unless you win the lottery, and
the UK lottery at that, this is it…this is as good as it gets.
“So why this blog?” I hear you ask (amongst
when will she stop waffling and making me depressed)? Well for one, I am an
ordinary person, no one special, not rich or super successful, just a normal 28
year old girl trying to build a career, some savings, a life for herself. And two, I feel I could be doing something positive for the world.
So I
am faced with all the obstacles “normal” people are faced with yet I want to
somehow make a difference…no matter how small. And so I have decided to start
this blog about saving time, money and the planet whilst still trying to live
my life (effortlessly) and be as fab as possible. Not many girls (especially me!)
want to hear that we need to save the planet, so we should bath in a bucket! No
sir, I want to hear, save the planet, eat these chocolates that save the rain
forest!
So as of today, I am on a mission to find all the tips that will best
save time, money and the planet. They won’t necessarily be mutually exclusive,
nor complementary of each other, but I figure, if only a handful of people like
and try my tips I am making a positive difference in the world and changing my
life in the process….not exactly wonder woman…but close enough!!
