15 MORE Things I Don’t Buy
Read the original post with 25 things I don’t buy here. Ahhhhh, what a bizarre year. I think everyone has seen a little more news than they would have liked to this year, so I’ll spare you from my recap of how much everything changed. I feel like you’ve probably noticed. Aside from the general…
The secret budget category that triples your expenses
If you have ever sat down and taken any kind of “budgeting for beginners” class, or read any post about “budgeting when you have no idea what to do,” you have most likely encountered, at some point, the following advice. “Split up your categories into wants and needs!” It’s often accompanied by some guide of…
Sustainable Projects I’m Tackling This Summer
Now that I have a nice four-month summer coming up in about a month, it’s time for me to start thinking about some highly ambitious (and slightly delusional) projects to work on in the warmer months. This is right on cue for me: every time the weather warms up a little bit, it’s like my…
40 Things to Track in your Planner
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not exactly the most diligent planner-user. A lot of my planner weeks only have a couple things in them and then a week later, my weekly spread is spilling over with chicken-scratch notes and to-dos. I’m more of a cram-planner than a glam-planner. But planning is planning!…
How to feel at home if you’ve moved for college
I’ve always been a person that gets very attached to physical places. Whether it’s a city, a neighbourhood, or a house, I really need to feel that sense of familiarity that every corner, every lightpost, every flowerbox will always be the same. Before university, I had only ever lived in one house, and my neighbourhood…
Stress in College: When is it time to get help?
If you’ve been preparing to go to college or university in September, or even if you’re still in the application process, there’s a good chance you’ve heard a lot of buzz about student mental health. When I was applying, some schools heavily advertised that they had great student mental health. Part of this is just…
Items You Should ALWAYS Buy at the Bulk Store
If you’ve been following either low-waste blogs or money-saving blogs, I’m sure you’ve read dozens of posts about the merits of bulk shopping. And while it certainly has its merits, it’s certainly not perfect. For starters, many people don’t have access to bulk stores (or to good bulk stores). Luckily more bulk stores are popping…
Strategies to Talk Yourself Out of Frivolous Purchases
Pretty much everybody at some point in their life has sat down with their budget book and realized they went a little over their planned number in the spending-money category. I certainly have. Depending on where you are in your financial life, the steps you need to take to fix that kind of mistake are…
7 Morning Routine Tips from Top Bloggers
I want so, so badly to be able to recount to you my wonderful and consistent morning routine in which I get a lot done and set myself up on a path of productivity and motivation. But that would be a really short and kind of sad post, so I’m not doing that. Instead, I’ve…
25 Things I Don’t Buy
In high school we watched a documentary in Environmental Science class about minimalists – a handful of people who threw away everything save a few dozen possessions to live a low-stress, low-consumerism life. I confess it took me a while to “get” the whole minimalism idea – in part because of the way it was…
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