With 5 days left of Plastic-Free July, you should know that there is no such thing as perfect when it comes to living plastic-free. Perfection, in general, is an unrealistic, unattainable standard that we either set for ourselves or have set for us by others. Or is it? Perhaps what we should realize is that our best is perfect. The pursuit of perfection, in my experience, can set unrealistic expectations, facilitate upset, and has gotten me down when I couldn’t reach it. Now, there are times when you want something to go perfectly well or be perfect, like surgery and recovery, so of course I’m not talking about things like that in this post. This post is solely centered on plastic-free and zero-waste/low-waste lifestyles.

Life is too short to be upset with imperfection regarding living a plastic-free, low-waste/zero-waste lifestyle. What we can do is feel good in the knowledge that we are doing the best we can with the resources that are available to us. What plastic-free alternative material would you like to see in the future? Products have been made from derivatives of corn, coconut, wheat, and other natural materials. Unfortunately, the plastic alternatives made from resources such as these are not actually compostable in the way they are advertised. We need items that are safe for land, sea, and everything that inhabits this planet. After all, there is only one.

Peace & Love, always!