Spending a lot of time at home means I keep thinking about getting back to decluttering my belongings. But because I don’t leave on my own, every time I want to throw out or donate an item that isn’t my own, I have to ask my mom if it’s okay to get rid of it.… Continue reading The phrase I learned to hate: We might need it for something
This website is primarily a way for me to share my journey towards reducing my impact on the environment, reducing the amount of stuff in my life, etc. And so every post is either an idea I want to try, recounting of solutions I tried, or a recollection of personal experiences. In no shape or… Continue reading Finding focus during a Pandemic
2020 started horribly. I’m not gonna lie, January and February left a lot to be desired. I got sick in January and stayed sick for the majority of the month. Then in February my day job went crazy and my mom got sick, and so my life went insane as I was trying to take… Continue reading Being sustainable when everything’s against you
A week into 2020 I got sick and in my fevered state, I spilled tea on my laptop. It wasn’t that big of a surprise when the keyboard stopped working. Thankfully the warranty was still in effect and I was able to fix everything free of charge. But between sending the laptop to an authorized… Continue reading Being less digital
I’ve written about the Earth Overshoot Day in the past and about the ecological footprint each of us has. I’ve written about all the ways we could lower our impact on the environment. Here’s the cruel truth: In 2019 Earth Overshoot Day was July 29. On July 30 we started to use resources Earth cannot… Continue reading The best goal for 2020 is to try and #MoveTheDate
Trying to be more sustainable means paying closer attention to what I’m buying and how sustainable those items are. I honestly thought I could take those labels at face value. Don’t judge me. Thankfully, YouTube quickly introduced me to the term “Greenwashing”, which the Internet defines as the act of portraying an organization’s product or… Continue reading Greenwashing and the one fool-proof solution to protect yourself from it
I’ve written about my Emergency Fund in the past. Possibly because I’m super proud of actually having it (and believe me, for somebody who has never been good with money, it’s a huge accomplishment). Or possibly because it’s super important you have it. But the journey hasn’t been easy for me and I’ve made a… Continue reading Mistakes I made with my Emergency Fund
Like a lot of other people, I’ve been making plans for 2020. Among them: plans to make progress on my sustainability journey. I want to finish decluttering my belongings. In 2019 I decluttered books and clothes but then my #KonMari adventure stalled as I was distracted by other things. I want to explore options to… Continue reading #NoSpendYear is officially a go!
Being a minimalist in a void would be so easy. There would be no peer pressure to spend money on needless things. There would be no need to explain your minimalist ways and budgeting to people. It’s not the reality, though, and as a result, being minimalist isn’t always easy. For me, the biggest obstacle… Continue reading Being Minimalist when your family is not
I live in one of the biggest cities in Poland, and as with any other city on the planet, I don’t have all that many trees around. Sure, there are parks and sometimes trees between the road and the buildings, but all in all, there are very few trees. What’s worse: new areas are rarely… Continue reading Digital initiatives to plant real trees
