Update on 2021 Low Buy Year
January 24, 2022Happy New Year everyone! I thought I would start the year off with an update on my 2021 low buy year experiment. I planned on purchasing the following items in 2021: Cross country skis: I really wanted to ski last winter and I realize how much it is something that I like to do. With…
New year, new goal: Low Buy Challenge
February 1, 2021How have you been coping with the COVID pandemic? I admit that I have been having a hard time and my 2020 consumption reflects that. Retail therapy, even secondhand, is not good for the environment. I ended up buying 27 items of clothing, including two linen dresses, three cashmere sweaters, two pairs of jeans, two…
My Slow Journey to Minimalism
November 22, 2020While I have embraced zero waste living, my journey to minimalism has been a little bit more of a challenge. Just like for my clothes, my greatest fear is that I won’t have enough. I think that owning extra of things is like a security blanket for me. Having more brings me comfort. Also,…
Thoughts on One Year of Reduce our Waste Living
January 6, 2019Happy New Year! My family and I have survived our 52 week challenge of reduce our waste living, and no one was (really) hurt in the process. The following outlines some of my key observations and learnings this past year: I was actually able to resist shopping for a year. Despite the skeptics (including myself),…
Exploring Minimalism and Reducing my Stuff
November 19, 2018“Love people. Use things. Not the other way around.” – Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, The Minimalists While I haven’t focused much on it, simplifying my life by reducing what I own is one of my objectives in this 52 week experiment. The quote from the Minimalists really spoke to me. How many times have…
A Failed Attempt at Wardrobe Minimalism
May 2, 2018At the start of this zero waste project, I gave myself a stretch goal of not shopping for 52 weeks. As a hardcore fashionista and shopaholic, this goal frightened me. However, 17 weeks later, I am proud to report that I have not shopped yet (Shout-out and congrats to my friend Marianne who is also…
Wearing the same dress for 5 days
February 7, 2018I heard an interesting documentary on CBC Radio about a woman named Elizabeth Withey who wore the same black dress for a year. I was intrigued. The idea behind this wardrobe approach is that you have one less decision to make every day, not to mention simplifying your wardrobe. Capsule wardrobes with 30 pieces (or…