No eating out.

Travel only where I can stay for free or for cheap.

Drive as little as possible.

I refuse to sacrifice the quality of the food I eat, so I will still spend plenty on organics at the grocery store.

I already have catastrophic health insurance. At least I have health insurance!

I keep my house at 62 degrees. amazingly, I have adapted and it feels pretty nice.

When you are a framebuilder it is basically a life of making minimum wage, so I live simply, but I don't think I would ever want it otherwise!

I trust this crazy break in our "prosperity." Supposedly during recessions, emissions are reduced globally quite a bit, so there are some potential big positives going on. I hope we can use this "recession" as a way to re-prioritize and invest in long-term policies that not only reduce our impact on the planet, but show us that less is more in so many ways.

Happy holidays.