I started getting more and more into the “minimalism/simple living” movement *just* before it hit mainstream, a year or two before the Internet exploded with posts about how to live slowly and the t.v. started showing couples searching for tiny homes and Marie Kondo showed us all that we should only keep things that spark …
Once upon a time, all the way back in February, I was finally convinced to try out the capsule wardrobe trend (aka, where you severely edit your closet down to a certain number of mix and match pieces and put everything else into storage for a season). Well, a month later, you got a mini …
In one of the books I just finished reading, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn (affiliate link), she cites a pretty staggering statistic — American consumers throw away approximately 25-30% of the food we buy, which accounts for hundreds and hundreds of wasted dollars per year, not to mention a strain on our …
Turning 16 was a Big Deal where I came from–it was the age where you were able to get a driver’s license and, in my case, the age where I was allowed to start dating. Basically, I counted it as one of the first milestones in that long and elusive journey known as “becoming an …
I’ve long since thought that our society has a bit of a superhero complex—not only are superhero movies bigger and more popular than ever, but I’ve noticed that even for us “regular humans,” we’re often expected to be “superheroes” in the sense that we put this pressure on ourselves to do everything (and do it amazingly …
I think that with a capsule wardrobe–like with so many things–there is a “honeymoon” stage, a “reckoning” stage, and a “peaceful acceptance” (or “give up entirely”) stage. Or maybe that’s just my experience of it? Basically, for about two weeks after starting my capsule wardrobe experiment one month ago, I was unequivocally in love with …
If you happened to miss my first post on my decision to finally try out a capsule wardrobe, go ahead and click here first. Like I mentioned in my first post, my capsule wardrobe is a bit bigger than most people’s. From what I’ve read on the subject, most people keep their capsule between 30-40 …
Fun fact: this post was originally titled “Why I’m Hesitant to Hop on the Capsule Wardrobe Bandwagon,” but then, as logic would have it, the more I tried to think of reasons why I shouldn’t try this particular trend, the more I came up with reasons why I SHOULD. Funny how that happens sometimes. That …
