I am trying to be ordinary.

[Pixie15]

I went shopping today. This was the first time for a long time that I have tried to do a full shop. I have been buying every day or so by the basket full for quite a while. It is just shopping I should be able to just go in and pick up what I need. But I have to start to worry. Did the pork chop come from a pig that suffered? What chemicals are included in which products? Am I going to destroy the environment by buying an over packaged snack food? Is a child starving in a foreign country because I am eating an imported product? It is exhausting! By the time I get to the check out life seems pretty grim again. So I am wondering if ordinary people think about this stuff.

[angrysad]

No, I don't think 'ordinary' people think like that, but I sure do. You're not alone.

[Pixie15]

Thanks. It is nice to know I am not alone. What do you think 'ordinary' people would be thinking when they are doing their supermarket shopping?

[Vegetarian Marshmallow]

Yeah, my housemate and I consider these things.  I like to think it's at a sensible, practical level, at least.  Price, health effects, fair trade, australian made, etc. - it all gets a chip in.  There's only so much you can have in your head at one time, but the attempt is good enough for me to feel alright about my buying habits.  So I don't *worry*.  I take things into consideration, but there's only so much one man can do while buying a can of beans.

[Pixie15]

Your right I am trying to find the right balance, aiming for sensible and practical, but there are a lot of guilt messages out there? I think I have been listening to the wrong people.