"When I first started living this way I did a lot of research about how to do many things. If you're like me you'll have a lot of printouts, various notes, spreadsheets, flyers, even pages from magazines. You'll need to organise these too. Enter the household manual. It contains everything that you need to keep the home - recipes, information about your rubbish collection, seed catalogues, vaccination dates, your pet's flea and tick treatments, handy ideas about sewing, planting, cleaning etc. If you haven't started one of these, I encourage to towards it and to edit it every few months to keep it current and relevant. Here is a short list of some of the things you might want to do in your first year: 🍇Budget and save an emergency fund. 🍓Change your home to better suit you and the way you work there. 🍊Monitor your water, electricity and gas usage. 🍏Get better deals on your regular bills such as insurances, internet, phone. 🍌Set up a pantry and stockpile. 🍉Declutter and sell the excess - money made goes towards the emergency fund or savings. 🍍Learn to bake and preserve. Grow some food. 🍒Start composting. 🌽Make an effort to reduce the amount of waste you generate." DTE moderator Kristy is hosting an interactive thread on how to Build and Implement a Home Journal over at the forum which has some practical tips on how to build a journal that works for you. Link in profile. #downtoearthsimpleliving #simple #simplicity #simpleliving #asimplehome #asimplelife #thesimplehome #thesimplelife #pantry #stockpile #simplefood #satisfaction #frugality #gardening #home #homemaking #homecooking #veggiegarden

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