Thoughts on Personal Philosophy

I like everything to be right, and it makes sense to me that one "right" exists for me.  It won't be the same "right" as other people's, but it is mine.  If I find my "right" I can accept or reject every piece of information and every possible action by one scale, making objective decisions on whether to incorporate these elements into my life.  Here is what is right, to me, basically off the top of my head:

- efficiency
- sustainability in a general sense.  I do not specifically mean "green."
- sufficiency as opposed to excess.  This engenders simplicity and restraint.
-thoughtfulness/purposefulness


I am a system builder, naturally.  It is a slow process, building a system that is useful in all situations, and an ever changing process as I learn and grow.
When I apply my fledgling system to food, the most efficient, sustainable, sufficient and purposeful way to obtain and eat food, it seems, is to eat whole foods made from scratch.  This might not sound particularly efficient to most people.  In fact, my father tells me that, "there is an element of convenience, you know!"  If we define efficient as "performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort,"  I find my slow, labor intensive food preparations to be efficient because I enjoy myself very much, and it does not keep me from performing any other critical activity.  In other words, waste is very low.


I have to go to work, now, but I am planning on photographing my garden later.  Perhaps I will have more to add to this at that time, as well.