It’s easy to blame problems on today’s youth. The young have consistently been a scapegoat for older generations who long for “simpler times” or the familiar. NYTimes opinion writer David Brooks is no different. His latest piece on Edward Snowden as an isolated, failure to thrive youth is rife with the typical cliches of someone [...]
Why Old White Men Should Stop Making Assumptions About Millenials
June 13, 2013 · by · Leave a Comment
I’m environmentally conscious. That makes me a good person, right?
April 21, 2013 · by · 1 Comment
I’m having a moral dilemma. Does it matter so much if I generate a few pieces of plastic if I save a boatload on meat and dairy items for my family? Does the fact that I’m taking mass transit to do my grocery shopping offset anything? And NO MATTER WHAT I DO my son pees [...]
Zero Waste Challenge: Update #1
April 8, 2013 · by · Leave a Comment
Here is the first update for April’s Zero Waste Challenge. It has more of a list style format because that made the most sense to me. Lessons learned: Most plastic grocery bags are now recyclable, at least at the places I shop. Check your bags before you throw them out! Plastic wrap is not. It [...]
The Pursuit of Wisdom
April 1, 2013 · by · Leave a Comment
It’s the end of the first day of Zero Waste April, the 30 day challenge I’ve made for myself to stop some of my waste stream. I’ll be honest, I was a little cocky. Everything was prepped so I could ease into this. Compost bin? Check. Cloth diapers? Got it. Cuppows? KABOOMed! And then Evie [...]
How To Go Waste Free – A 30 Day Challenge
March 28, 2013 · by · 2 Comments
You know that cliche about when you fall off the bike you have to get back on? That’s exactly what simple living is like. When I started blogging, I was interested in downsizing and living a more sustainable life. So I did it. I got rid of everything. All of the excess was stripped away [...]
Birth, Community, and Perspective
February 14, 2013 · by · 2 Comments
Yesterday, I birthed a book baby. Yesterday, someone tried to take my firstborn away. Someone tried to abduct my daughter yesterday. He tried to kidnap her. He was going to take my little girl from me. And no matter how many ways I say it, the full meaning of it hasn’t quite sunk in yet. [...]
Why you’re actually considering wasting $2000 on a course you don’t need
February 10, 2013 · by · 14 Comments
Let’s talk about e-courses for a minute. In fact, let’s use a really specific example because you’re seeing everyone and their cat’s affiliate links for it. Let’s talk about the ultra-hyped, ultra-sexy B-School. For the uninitiated, B-School is a basic, 101-level marketing and branding course offered annually by Marie Forleo. So if it is so [...]
Why I’m not giving my birthday away or pretending to know 25 things worth sharing
February 8, 2013 · by · 13 Comments
I turn 25 tomorrow. A quarter of a century. Now, I’m only like 5 years away from feeling my age. At any rate, I want to make this an incredible year. It’s a landmark of sorts, right? So naturally I wanted to write a post about it. Should I make one of those stupid popular [...]
More tolerance isn’t always the answer
February 2, 2013 · by · Leave a Comment
All this compassionate, coachy woo-woo bullshit about accepting everyone for everything is killing me slowly, and I think it’s doing you a massive disservice. I could pretend to accept you aren’t ready to pursue what you actually want because you need security because your mom didn’t love you. But I don’t. I could pretend to [...]
Grit Will Only Take You So Far
February 1, 2013 · by · 1 Comment
Recent research shows grit is a vital trait to success. Being curious what my level of grit was, I went and took a test. On a scale of 1-5, I scored a two. To be honest, I found this shocking. I’ve been through hell and back, and I get a two for grit? How does [...]