if you have no clue what i'm talking about go to www.toms.com and there will be everything you need to know. if you can't be bothered, think of the phrase 'its hard without shoes' and use your imagination.
so i started the day with no shoes (i had socks cause its freezing here in flag- there are still remnants of snow here and there), went out side to warm up the car, with no shoes, and of course on my way back in i stood on a rock. it hurt so bad. it then really hit home to me about how much this means to people all over the world. i grew up in Australia and was pretty much never in my shoes, so when i first heard about this i thought it was gonna be easy. i used to do it all the time, what so different about now. what i hadn't realised is spending a winter in Flagstaff changed everything. cause my feet were in shoes the whole, time they had 'softened up'some would say, but also i got used to wearing shoes everywhere and always being comfortable with what i was standing on. so standing on the rock, opened my eyes to what it must be like for people living without shoes constantly. i then took the little girl i look after to school, i drove bare foot and then took her to her class bare foot. i got some odd looks, but if i can help with a good cause i will do what i can. i spent most of the day bare foot, i watched tv bare foot, i was exercising on the elliptical bare foot (that got interesting, cause i normally wear inserts in my shoes, but for a good cause), i picked up kids from school bare foot, there were some points where i did have to wear shoes, but i tried as hard as i possibly could to not wear shoes for as much of the day as i thought i could get away with.
how did i find out about this you my ask... well i'm a frequent visitor to my twitter page and i one person i follow is justjaredjr, gossip sites yes, but its how it came to my attention that this was taking place. also many celebrities have endorsed this movement as well; Kristen Bell, Brittany Snow and the Jonas Brothers just to name a few. and again i found it through them also (mainly Joe Jonas tweeting about toms shoes and then the campaign.) i highly recommend that everyone does it next year, or simply just in their own time. go some time fully without shoes, and them imagine what it would be like to live with no shoes at all. its really eye opening. also if you can buy some toms shoes, they are doing a fantastic thing where if you buy a pair then toms shoes will donate a pair to a child in need. i am getting a pair- i have seen some really great designs that people have done themselves and have been inspired. so do what you can to help. i know there are a lot of charities out there, but this is a really good one. :) till next time. katie xo
Huh, I heard about this the other day through Serious Eats. And just now I have realised that I went all day today without shoes. Except for uni days, most of my days are spent without shoes. It is much more comfortable that way.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Nick took me ice skating yesterday. I now have a major bruise on my ass from falling over. All in a days work.
It's nice to be able to catch up with what you're doing my darling. All my love.