37. Create a simple weekly dinner menu. If figuring out what’s for dinner is a nightly stressor for you or your family, consider creating a weekly menu. Decide on a week’s worth of simple dinners, set a specific dinner for each night of the week, go grocery shopping for the ingredients. Now you know what’s for dinner each night, and you have all the ingredients necessary. No need for difficult recipes — find ones that can be done in 10-15 minutes (or less).
38. Eat healthy. It might not be obvious how eating healthy relates to simplicity, but think about the opposite: if you eat fatty, greasy, salty, sugary, fried foods all the time, you are sure to have higher medical needs over the long term. We could be talking years from now, but imagine frequent doctor visits, hospitalization, going to the pharmacist, getting therapy, having surgery, taking insulin shots … you get the idea. Being unhealthy is complicated. Eating healthy simplifies all of that greatly, over the long term.
About 2 years ago I started drinking pretty much only water. Cutting out soft drinks and sweet tea was a huge change for me. I have to say that I feel much better and I even lost some weight! My plans, once I get settled into my house, are to plant a garden to grow organic produce and also foster some edible landscaping around the property which will provide both beauty and sustenance. I also would like to get into a rhythm of life that allows me to be able to create a set of meals for each day of the week that is both healthy and financially sustainable.
