I just wanted to give a quick update since I’ve let the blog lag for a while. The CAM project has transitioned into actually decluttering and packing our stuff to move! Blogging took a backseat (like the third row of your van backseat) while I was applying for grad school. I was accepted to a […]
How I’m Coping with the Time Change It’s been a while! I’m going to pretend that the delay in posting was entirely due to me working on grad school applications and that there was no procrastination involved. I’ve been pretty busy – including taking a trip to Connecticut to see Yale’s Divinity School – so
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Content at Minimum Weeks 5 and 6: Running Behind Hello! I let myself get a bit behind on writing, so this post will cover the last two weeks of my Content at Minimum project. The Linen Closet After tackling the bookshelf, I needed something a little lighter this week. Our linen closet has been full-to-bursting
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Content at Minimum Week 4: Let’s Talk About Books Okay, we need to have a serious talk about decluttering books. I know people’s hackles rise at the mere idea of decluttering books, and I get it. Books are precious. They are a valuable and long-lasting resource. They foster our and our families’ literacy. They can
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Content at Minimum Week 3: Calling in Reinforcements The Kitchen Part 2: Week three was not particularly productive for me, but I knew that not every week would be. I had a couple of apparently random bad mental health days and the bugs in our kitchen seem to be making their final stand. Luckily, my
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Content at Minimum Week 2: Going Bigger The ER Bag: For me, living mindfully has included emergency preparedness. The mindfulness that makes me aware of my impact on the planet makes me mindful of all sorts of risks, too (read: I’m an overthinker). I started my emergency preparedness with a simple emergency room packing list
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Content at Minimum Week 1: Easing Into It For my first week of the CAM Project, I tried not to overwhelm myself. I have the tendency to get excited about a project and think that I’m going to do everything at once, then lose my interest or energy within a few days or weeks. Despite
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Introducing the Content at Minimum (CAM) Project For several years, my interest in low-impact living has been growing. Historical sewing videos led me to learn more about the vast impacts of our modern fashion industry on workers and the planet. Learning about fast fashion began my shift towards more mindful practices. I had always done
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How I Got My Perfect Service Dog I considered getting a service dog for a number of years to help with my mental health issues, but I never felt like they were bad enough to get a service dog. That’s mostly just the imposter syndrome talking. I definitely was disabled and could have used a
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A Type One Diabetes Overview Although many people have heard of type 1 diabetes (T1D), my experience is that very few people understand it. A lot of people I talk to also have misconceptions about T1D. I have done extensive research into T1D and have it myself. I was diagnosed at age ten, so I
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