Right now our pastor, Craig Groeschel, at LifeChurch.tv is doing a series called "Weird". He also wrote a book on it called "Weird, Because normal isn't working". David and I are LOVING this series and we bought the book and love the book too.
Basically you have to act/be like weird people to have a better life. Most people do what everyone else does, normal people, so they get the same results that normal people get. It's like peer pressure to fit in: live in debt and be broke, only have 2.5 kids, make sure your kids are involved in tons of classes/teams, birth in a hospital... The list could go on but the point is it's easy to do what every one else is doing cause they say you are weird if you aren't doing what they are doing.
Now, I'm no stranger to weird. In fact I embrace it most of the time. I've never liked being like everyone else. In my family growing up, my dad was self-employed and so we had times of plenty and times of not so much. I have 3 sisters. These are a couple of things that made my family "weird" to those looking in.
Over the last 4 years or so I've been getting weirder and weirder. After researching birth info I decided a hospital birth wasn't for me. I wanted to do a home birth. Now, when you go around saying you want to home birth you get a lot of looks that say "weirdo". But I didn't care, I wanted to be different and wanted better for my baby and me.
I've been more and more interested in natural ways of doing things. Everyone buys their expensive toxic cleaning products, not everyone makes safe cheaper versions at home. And looking at ways to use safer health care and body care products. Recycling, gardening and composting.
It makes me sad to see people who are so concerned with what "everyone" else says you should do or shouldn't do. The fact is most of the time everyone else just does what the next person does, without using their own brain to research or think about their choices. They think that since everyone else does it that it's safe to do (inductions, epidurals, living on credit, eating processed foods), when that isn't the case. They just go along with the crowd and letting others make their decisions.
Like I said I embrace being weird because I've researched my decisions and thought about them a lot. I know the choices I make label me "weird", but I also know I'm doing what's best for me and my family.
So here's a list of some ways that I'm "weird".
I make my own laundry soap.
I was home schooled for a couple of years (middle school).
I breastfed my baby longer than 6 weeks and plan to bf the next ones up to 2yrs
I practice selective vaccinating.
I don't wash my face (more on that in a future post).
I'm left handed (living in a right handed world)
I labored for 3 days without pain meds (it wasn't painful, just exhausting)
I didn't lay down in a bed to labor (I don't know how anyone can do that!)
I was a virgin when I got married (& so was David)
I use cloth diapers
I don't buy pre-packaged meals or processed foods
I have been off sugar (95%, it's hidden in some stuff) for about 6 weeks
I want to do a HBAC in the future
I got my belly button pierced a few years ago and let it grow back before getting prego
We bed share with Trey and have since he was born (we LOVE it, no plans to change this either)
My parents are still married (going on 40yrs)
One set of grandparents were married for 59 years, the other set 61 years
I'm looking at alternative options for my menstrual care products (also a future post)
I want to labor and deliver in water in the future
I was called to jury duty as a senior in high school (I was 18, and let off due to semester tests)
Only dated David about 6 months before we got married (8months of actually knowing him, been married 12yrs)
I plan on homeschooling our children (probably will look more like unschooling)
David and I haven't spent more than 24 hours apart in almost 13 years (we got married to be together!)
If you'd like to get a copy of "Weird, Because normal isn't working" check out Amazon. (All proceeds are donated)
If you'd like to hear the last 2 weeks of talks on this series check out LifeChurch.tv
I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about any of this, or if you want to share some of your weird things too!
Comments make me happy!
Basically you have to act/be like weird people to have a better life. Most people do what everyone else does, normal people, so they get the same results that normal people get. It's like peer pressure to fit in: live in debt and be broke, only have 2.5 kids, make sure your kids are involved in tons of classes/teams, birth in a hospital... The list could go on but the point is it's easy to do what every one else is doing cause they say you are weird if you aren't doing what they are doing.
Now, I'm no stranger to weird. In fact I embrace it most of the time. I've never liked being like everyone else. In my family growing up, my dad was self-employed and so we had times of plenty and times of not so much. I have 3 sisters. These are a couple of things that made my family "weird" to those looking in.
Over the last 4 years or so I've been getting weirder and weirder. After researching birth info I decided a hospital birth wasn't for me. I wanted to do a home birth. Now, when you go around saying you want to home birth you get a lot of looks that say "weirdo". But I didn't care, I wanted to be different and wanted better for my baby and me.
I've been more and more interested in natural ways of doing things. Everyone buys their expensive toxic cleaning products, not everyone makes safe cheaper versions at home. And looking at ways to use safer health care and body care products. Recycling, gardening and composting.
It makes me sad to see people who are so concerned with what "everyone" else says you should do or shouldn't do. The fact is most of the time everyone else just does what the next person does, without using their own brain to research or think about their choices. They think that since everyone else does it that it's safe to do (inductions, epidurals, living on credit, eating processed foods), when that isn't the case. They just go along with the crowd and letting others make their decisions.
Like I said I embrace being weird because I've researched my decisions and thought about them a lot. I know the choices I make label me "weird", but I also know I'm doing what's best for me and my family.
So here's a list of some ways that I'm "weird".
I make my own laundry soap.
I was home schooled for a couple of years (middle school).
I breastfed my baby longer than 6 weeks and plan to bf the next ones up to 2yrs
I practice selective vaccinating.
I don't wash my face (more on that in a future post).
I'm left handed (living in a right handed world)
I labored for 3 days without pain meds (it wasn't painful, just exhausting)
I didn't lay down in a bed to labor (I don't know how anyone can do that!)
I was a virgin when I got married (& so was David)
I use cloth diapers
I don't buy pre-packaged meals or processed foods
I have been off sugar (95%, it's hidden in some stuff) for about 6 weeks
I want to do a HBAC in the future
I got my belly button pierced a few years ago and let it grow back before getting prego
We bed share with Trey and have since he was born (we LOVE it, no plans to change this either)
My parents are still married (going on 40yrs)
One set of grandparents were married for 59 years, the other set 61 years
I'm looking at alternative options for my menstrual care products (also a future post)
I want to labor and deliver in water in the future
I was called to jury duty as a senior in high school (I was 18, and let off due to semester tests)
Only dated David about 6 months before we got married (8months of actually knowing him, been married 12yrs)
I plan on homeschooling our children (probably will look more like unschooling)
David and I haven't spent more than 24 hours apart in almost 13 years (we got married to be together!)
If you'd like to get a copy of "Weird, Because normal isn't working" check out Amazon. (All proceeds are donated)
If you'd like to hear the last 2 weeks of talks on this series check out LifeChurch.tv
I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about any of this, or if you want to share some of your weird things too!
Comments make me happy!
I love your weird list!!! I think I'll order that book for our church library - maybe I'll do a post on my weirdness, too. :)
ReplyDeleteJust one more uncanny thing to add to our list of 942 "no way" things: I'm almost finished reading "Weird" on my Kindle RIGHT NOW! I'm absolutely LOVING this book and have been asking how we can become more weird. In fact, last summer, I watched Craig's sermons on this while we were in Poteau and wrote prayers in my journal for Him to make our family weird, set apart, different. And well, here we are not even a year later living away from our families and all the comforts we knew to seek out what God has for us. I also make my own laundry soap and you know about the cloth diapers! I'll have to show you some of my homemade covers!
ReplyDeleteJust one more uncanny thing to add to our list of 942 "no way" things: I'm almost finished reading "Weird" on my Kindle RIGHT NOW! I'm absolutely LOVING this book and have been asking how we can become more weird. In fact, last summer, I watched Craig's sermons on this while we were in Poteau and wrote prayers in my journal for Him to make our family weird, set apart, different. And well, here we are not even a year later living away from our families and all the comforts we knew to seek out what God has for us.
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