First they say it’s impossible, then easy, then easy for me but hard for them. Anything but acting or responsibility.
Want to read something frustrating about living more sustainably? Want to read why, when people ask the hardest part about what I do, I say it’s the friction from people? I’m not saying I’m anything special, just that I’ve done things as experiments that work out.
People say living more sustainably is impossible.
When I tell them I’m already doing it, like that I dropped my impact ninety percent, they say what they just was impossible is easy, devaluing any struggle I put into it. I generally find the activity intrinsically rewarding, so I value the struggle, but I don’t like being patronized.
When I suggest if it’s easy, they can do it, they say it’s easy for me but hard for them.
I don’t like slippery people. I prefer honest ones.
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