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DAY 5 | Ban the Bottle – Water

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Ban the bottle. Make yo body waddle. Right to the fountain to refill your reusable bottle. -Eminem, sorta Today’s change is THE change when you think about going green. Using reusable water bottles instead of plastic water bottles. Now, I’m pretty good with this already. I use reusable water bottles and mason jars for my … Read more

DAY 4 | Navy Showers

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I’m standing in the shower today and the next change hits me: navy showers. I used to take navy showers a lot, but I stopped for some reason. Navy showers are when you stop the water to suds up and then only turn the water back on as needed. So, you get in the shower, … Read more

DAY 3 | Getting Others on Board

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Setting up the recycling center went well. I have 5 bins: Paper / Cardboard Aluminum Plastic Grocery bags Glass jars and egg cartons My next step was teaching my family how to use them. I thought it would be difficult, but they are pros. The children actually have something interesting to focus on, so they’re … Read more

DAY 2 | Recycling Center

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I just moved to Tennessee with my family. Now, down here they don’t have a good, convenient recycling system. I think all towns should make recycling as convenient as possible so more people participate. When I lived in Baltimore, they had single-stream recycling. We didn’t have to separate anything! Just collect the recycling in one … Read more

DAY 1 | Using Up What I Have

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Day One is finally here and I’m terrified. Not that I can’t do it, because I love being ecofriendly, but because I’m afraid that I won’t be able to do this every day for a year. But like all great things, they happen one step at a time and one day at a time. Today’s … Read more

Day 0 | Why

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I’ve been contemplating this challenge for a long time. I’ve been in love with this green Earth since I first learned about recycling in 8th grade. I had NO IDEA. My family never recycled. I knew not to litter, but I had no idea I was littering a landfill everyday of my life. My whole … Read more

A Backpack Full of Socks: How an Emergency Left Me Stranded with Poor Packing

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I’ve been having a sock problem. I’m low. I can’t seem to find them when needed and I seriously think I only have 3 pairs in rotation at this point. I’ve been saying several times over the last few months that I need to buy more. The money spent will relieve my insanity!

So, when I got the phone call, the only thing that ran through my mind was socks. I need socks. I won’t make it without socks. So I threw handfuls of my husband’s socks into my book bag. I stuffed them in. I didn’t think of any other essentials besides deodorant, toothbrush, brush and some shirts.

And that’s how I ended up stranded in Tennessee with one pair of pants, one pajama pants, 7 shirts, pajama shorts and a million socks. The second day down here, I bought flip-flops.

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Not Starving

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I’ve been a little down lately and most of it has to do with my weight. I don’t dislike my body, and I don’t think negatively towards it. I am more upset that I had a goal to lose weight (to be healthier), and I almost reached my goal weight before ballooning back up to 23 pounds heavier than my highest weight.

I have been overweight/obese all my life and in June 2014, I started a weight loss group with my best friend and my sister. I had an internship at the time, and three days a week, I would walk the four miles home. Then, two days a week, I would get up early with the girls to play Zombies Run! together. It was fun and exciting. I lost 10 pounds the first month.

Then I moved out and lost until I reached 161 pounds. I felt so good in my skin. My clothes fit perfectly on me. I was never out of breath. I was healthy. I was fit. I was starving.

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Redesigning My Life

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It’s funny. My last blog post was entitled, “The Hiatus is Over” as if I was getting back into blogging regularly. But, that was last October, and here we are. Last year, I put out a whole bunch of posts and videos, and I was on a roll. I wanted to turn this blog into a business. I wanted consistency. I had a content plan and an editorial calendar. I mapped out the whole year with what blog posts to write, what videos to make and when to post them. The whole year was planned. I’m not kidding.

When it came to actually doing the plan, though, it was hard. I remember making 16 videos in one day. I was writing when I wasn’t inspired. And, that’s not what I want this blog to be about.

I don’t want to write just to push out content. I want to write to get my feelings out. I want to write to make a difference. I want to write when I feel inspired. I don’t want a schedule. I want to write according to my heart.

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Hiatus is Over

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I started this blog to document my journey into minimalism. I stopped writing for a few months because I was under stressed, and honestly felt unmotivated. I didn’t know where this blog was headed.

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