Lessons From our First Escape Campervan Trip

After wistfully watching other people embark and dreaming about it for years, our first Escape Campervan  trip was a highlight of this spring. How did this come about? The internet, of course! If you’ve spend any amount of time on social media sites in the past few years, you’ve probably witnessed the surge in popularity […]

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Categories: Minimalism, Travel

5 Low-Waste Shopping Hacks

Having turned thirty earlier this year, I’ve found myself a bit obsessed, er preoccupied, with the number thirty. In addition to the 30 goals I set for myself before the big birthday, reducing my waste has been one of the most important things I’ve worked on this year. So, in honor of 30, I thought […]

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Why Switch to a Menstrual Cup?

Welcome to a blog post that I never thought I’d write: why I love my menstrual cup and think every single human female needs to make the switch! I recently wrote a series of 30 ways to reduce your waste, and menstrual cups were one of my 30 suggestions. When writing the fourth post in […]

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6 Swaps for Low-Waste Personal Care

Having turned thirty earlier this year, I’ve found myself a bit obsessed, er preoccupied, with the number thirty. In addition to the 30 goals I set for myself before the big birthday, reducing my waste has been one of the most important things I’ve worked on this year. So, in honor of 30, I thought […]

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What I Learned from Marie Kondo’s Netflix Special

Like so many others, I too have been sucked into the Marie Kondo bubble that is the Tidying Up Netflix series. Having previously read “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” a few years prior, I figured I knew the bulk of the KonMari method. I have to admit to not totally loving Kondo’s methods […]

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Categories: Minimalism

Five Books for Beginning Minimalists

As someone who has been working on minimizing for the better part of six months, I will admit that it can be a stressful process. It’s tough to know where to start and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of possessions that you’ve accumulated over the years. Before I really jumped into […]

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