Hi friends. Over the next few months, I’m planning to do quite a bit of writing about the way we live. I think I’m going to start with parenting, move on to food, and then we’ll see where I go from there.
I’m calling the series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or “KIOS” for short. Nik gets the credit for coming up with the series name, although my blog readers actually voted it into being!
I’m going to keep track of all that I write on this page: Kickin’ It Old Skool. I’ve started a partial list of what I want to write about there, if you’re interested in getting a brief preview.
I want to write about these things for two reasons:
1. I’ve been asked to by several people who know that I’ve done a lot of studying and experimenting. Several blogs have been particularly helpful to me in our journey towards becoming old-fashioned and I want to return the favor.
2. I’ve held myself back from sharing some fairly important parts of our lives, mostly because I wasn’t sure how it would be received. I feel like if I write about some of these things intentionally, then I won’t feel so strange about sharing shorter stories when these issues come up.
These issues are hard things to write about without conveying the message that, “We’re better/superior/smarter than you unless you have chosen to make the same choices we have.” Please don’t hear that message. We certainly haven’t arrived at perfection (or even come close!) and while we are glad to be on this journey of changing the way we live, we don’t consider ourselves to be better/superior/smarter than everyone else.
Please hear my heart on this one.
I know that you are trying to do the very best for you and your loved ones. I know that we all have hard decisions to make every day about how we spend our time and our money. I know that every person is different and we may look at the same issue with the same information and still make two very different choices.
That’s OK.
My intent in writing this series is to put some information out there. If it helps you, great! If it piques your interest or gets you going on changing something that you’ve been wanting to change, great! If you think, “Wow, that is weird and I would never do that,” great! (Just be kind to me in the comments.)
I welcome your input and ideas and look forward to dialoguing with many of you over the next few months.
First stop: The Introduction, next week.
Salmon and Souvlaki 
I, for one, am eager to read your posts. I love hearing the “hows” and “whys” in which other people choose to live. Reading about such things either challenges my thinking on things or confirms my (our) choices regarding the way we live out our family’s life–because as you referenced, every family is different. Bring it on; I shall be reading! 🙂 –Karyn
Thanks Karyn! I feel the same way but I so often get reaction (not necessarily on this blog but among acquaintances) that make me feel like I’m threatening or something. Anyway, I appreciate your mindset!
Ditto Karyn!
Thanks Zona!
You know, Old School is the new Modern. Kudos for sharing your stories in advance! Don’t be surprised if you still get nasty comments. I have other friends who blog for a living and despite their tactful presentation (of recipes, even) they are criticized by folk who are apparently offended. Offense is in the mind (or heart) of the recipient, quite often. I encourage you to take all comments with an appropriate measure of salt! And God bless you in the new chapter of your blog!
Thanks Kate! And I know – the Internet is famous for that kind of stuff. I’ll do my best to keep a good amount of salt around. And so nice to hear from you too! 🙂
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