Standards

First off, sorry for the hiatus.  I have good excuses, I just don't feel like telling them.

So I realize in my last post about beer I skirted around the importance of the locality of the beer I was drinking so I figure now is a good time to talk about standards.

First off this isn't a "eat local or go hungry" situation.  I'm a busy person, I have a life and I wanted this to be a reasonable diet not a war with food. 

I picked 75% local cause it seemed like a good goal.  Some days it's 100% some days it's 50%.  Maybe once I get 75% everyday I will up my goal to 80%.  I'm sure you get my jist.

The first thing I did when I decided to do this was make a list...

Once I started writing I realized there are a lot more things I can live without than not.  The first few things I wrote down without a second thought.  It was sort of a natural progression from there.  The next morning I went to make a pot of coffee and went, "OH SHIT! Did I put coffee on that list?!?".  The list became a sort of "cross that bridge when I come to" it situation.  Guacamole?  I love it but outside of that I'm not really a huge fan of avocados (I know, I know, heresy)  so, thanks for the offer but unless we are in Southern California or Mexico then I'm gonna have to pass. 

I feel like the things that are on the list are my own personal business and everyone will have a different list, some longer and some shorter.  Some things I am thinking of removing, (I've heard it's not so hard to grow a mini lemon bush inside, so I'm gonna try) and very rarely I add a new thing to the list (I thought I wouldn't miss bananas but it turns out I do, a lot).  It's not like I consume these things in grotesque excess or anything like that.  Also, for the most part - I can still find this stuff from places that finish the production locally and consciously.  There are tons of great coffee roasters in Denver and Justin's peanut butter out of Boulder is the best.  Let's not forget about breweries, wineries and distilleries - quite of few of them do have 100% local options as well but we all know when, it comes to drinking I don't really like to limit myself.  

Some things aren't on my list because it didn't occur to me that I would miss it until I stumbled on a local option first.  I'm not a really big soda drinker and usually when I get the craving it's cause someone close to me is enjoying one.  This is usually at work.  A few weeks ago all I could think about was soda so I went to pour myself one without second thought and as I was doing it I remembered we get our soda from Oogavé.  It's soda so I am sure that not many of their ingredients are local but it is a delicious, natural soda made right in Denver.  

Some days I sacrifice and some days I compromise.  And I rarely get even a glimmer of a feeling of defeat or frustration or that I want to give up.  I'm living my life the same way as always just a little more consideration.