Things that make me go “OOOOO”

With the European elections just done and dusted,  I have been thinking about the things I believe in. What makes me, me? Why do I do the things I do, or don’t do the things I don’t? So it all came splurging out into what I am quite grandly calling:   MY MANIFESTO FOR LIFE Which is in no particular order:

1. Food should be grown and/or reared organically and compassionately and purchased locally.
2. Breastfeeding should be supported more in the developed world as natural and achievable – many tax pounds can be saved by increasing successful breastfeeding.
   • Supplemental – mothers who make different choices should not be fighting amongst themselves, and marketing agencies should stop fuelling those particular fires.
3. Biology over medicine  (most of the time) and definitely over Big Business
4. The NHS is worth saving
5. More people need to know about Gut health
6. Cultural diversity has and always will be good for this country
7. Being European is a good and also a cool thing
8. We can all buy/consume less stuff (everything, clothes, food, technology, white goods, cars, fuel and energy)
   • Supplemental – things should be made to last and/or be able to be repaired.
9. Capitalism and the drive for continuous economic growth is not sustainable at any level.
10. Cosmetics and household products should not be tested on animals ever
11. Everyone should have the right to a dignified old age and when it comes to it, death of their choosing.
12. Women and girls are not objects to be viewed and criticised.
13. I am enough, I am a daughter, a sister, a mother, a wife, a childminder, a writer, a doula[1], a graduate ….. etc etc I am enough
14. We should invest heavily NOW in renewable energy sources, instead of raping our precious planet for the last scraps of fossil fuel. It’s still going to run out. And what damage will we have done in the meantime?
15. My physical appearance does not define me.

That’s it. For now, there’s no knowing what my memory will do when I post this. What’s yours?   [1] I’m not actually a doula yet – but I will be!