Tips Help You Begin Your Organic Lifestyle

The organic route to a healthier and more sustainable way of life is reached by many different paths. Every organic enthusiast I know comes at it from a different perspective, and an organic lifestyle can often make it a complicated choice to maintain and advocate.

What I wished I’d know when I started …

The good news is that whatever your reasons are for making this positive life decision, there are some really easy ways you can make the switch without radically changing your habits, or breaking the bank!

The bad news is that informing your family and friends that you’re ditching the pesticides may not always solicit the most positive of responses. Even if you’ve made the decision with the full support of your immediate loved ones, you’ll still come into contact with plenty of other people who will do more than raise an eyebrow!

Not everyone will want to decry your new course – you’ll meet plenty of supportive folk along the way as well! Sooner or later, though you’ll come against everyday occurrences, where you’ll be forced to evaluate your new policy.

Borrowing from business …

This is why in the beginning, borrowing some tips from the world of business will help make your transition to an organic life easier.

1. Create a manifesto

Businesses are getting in on the act more commonly associated with political parties to make clear their policies by way of publishing a manifesto. Setting out your own organic manifesto will not only help you keep track of the ways in which you’re moving towards you’re chosen lifestyle, it’ll help you prepare policies in advance of those trickier moments, when you’re faced with what I call ‘will I/won’t I’ questions.

Get clear on what organic means to you;

• Is it just your kitchen that’s turning organic, or are you taking these principles into the bedroom, bathroom and garden as well?
• Does your version of organic need to be certified, or are you willing to accept local and unprocessed instead?
• Are your organic motivators combined with your ethical principles? Which comes first?

2. Prepare an elevator pitch

At the start of your organic journey, it’s worth bearing in mind that you’re unlikely to convert anyone to your way of thinking by preaching to them. By preparing a few well thought out responses to any interest people express in your new habits, you can act as an exemplary advocate to your cause.

The idea is that you’re in an elevator and have only a few short ...