Coffee, Cereal, and Blogging.

I just watched a documentary about the business of marijuana. It was very intriguing. I think that I was more interested in what they had to say about hemp than anything. There are soooo many uses for hemp that it's amazing. It makes me want to start being a little more practical about the things that I buy. I'm already a pretty conscientious person when it comes to most foods and medicines that I'm putting in my body (I say as I sip my ridiculously caffeinated beverage), but I really want to start being more aware of EVERYTHING that I'm using. I want everything I do to be a little bit more natural. Again, I say all of this while sitting in front a computer, drinking loads of coffee....haha... well, at least I buy organic coffee??
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The problem with doing this is that it takes a lot of time. It takes a ton of time to make all your foods from scratch. It takes time to wash all the cloths you use versus using paper towels. It takes time to make the jewelry that you wear. Get my point??
Well on top of all the time that I would want to be doing those sorts of things I need to have a job. A full time job. That pays well enough so that I can get all of the materials to live the way I want to live. That means that if I'm going to grow my own food year round I need to buy the pots and the heat lamps to help those plants grow indoors during the winter because I live in an EXTREMELY cold state... even though it's been warm enough lately for things to start melting...in january...rare.
Regardless, buying those things costs money. In order to have money you need to have a job. And in order to have that job it will take precious time out of your schedule where you could be doing other things like helping plants grow, raising animals, making everything from scratch.

Yes. I know I sound like a raging hippie right now. It kind of goes along with the fact that I live in Johnson.

My point is our society doesn't really allow for these things to happen completely anymore. Because of all of this technology everything has risen. EVERYTHING. We've grown up thinking that we need all of these material things to help us survive when we really don't. They are nice, and I use them frequently, but they aren't a necessity.

And this is why I loved my ethics course. I could debate these things for HOURS with people in that class. I was taking that class in St. Albans, which I feel is a very consumerist society in comparison to Johnson. Everyone in that class would then never fail to call me a hypocrite because I use technology, I buy things from Walmart sometimes, and I take advantage of the material goods I have. Honestly though, it's only because I've grown up with those things, and in order to get to where I want to be I need to be a little more settled in my life. College is not really the best time to achieve your goals of becoming a naturalist. Especially when you're paying for school yourself.

Anyway.

I think I'm done my rant for now... but I thought that it was definitely an interesting documentary. If anyone wants to watch it it's called, "The Union: Business Behind Getting High." It's on the insta-netflix so you can just go and watch it. It's pretty long though so make sure you have some time to spare before just turning it on.

mmk.
outtie for now.