In a nutshell – New Years resolutions don’t work for me, they set me up to fail. There is a free printout with 32 different ideas for a daily healthy habit. Choose a different one each day or one a week. Or, buy them as a little paperback notebook. I’ve tried to be ‘good’ from the 1st January year after …
Self Compassion – Looking after yourself
In a nutshell: If you have a very harsh inner critic Self Compassion can help you be kinder to yourself. There are free audio meditations here www.self-compassion.org and free pdf mediations here www.mindfulselfcompassion.org Getting rid of clutter can bring up all sorts of emotions, some happy and good, some are rather nastier and not very helpful. If you have a …
Have a Facebook free day, you won’t miss anything!
In a nutshell – Get off Facebook and do something more interesting instead! The post to read if you feel like a break from Facebook. I’ve compiled a list of alternative activities that do not involve Facebook. There are suggestions for connecting with people, making things, something that might make you laugh, something to make you cry, something relaxing and …
Evernote – keep all your important info in one place.
In a nutshell: Evernote is a programme and app that you can use to store any information you need to be able to find quickly. Evernote has radically changed the way I work. You can install on your computer, phone and/or tablet. I currently use the free version for work (where I have my Naked Website clients stored in individual …
3 things at once – stopping project overwhelm
This is from The Power of Less by Leo Babauta Chose 3 projects to work on at one time (I use this for personal things I am doing) A project is something that can be completed in a month (my current ones paint the hallway, measure up and order wood for shelves, finish knitting a pair of socks) You cannot …
5 ways to stop waste paper getting into your house
1) Stop the junk mail. Other than put a sign on your door there are a few strategies you can take to stop the junk mail at source. If you are in the UK you can register with the Mail Preference Service. This is free and will remove your name and address from industry mailing lists. Royal Mail have a …
Zero Waste Week 17 Day 2 – Not so #TrashfreeTuesday
I started off Tuesday thinking that trashfree wouldn’t be too difficult. I had no plans to leave the house other than to get some bread. Our local bakery uses brown paper bags as packaging, no danger there…… What I didn’t plan for is the incidental waste that happens through the day. Cat food pouches, empty bags from spinach and pasta. …
Herby Oven Croutons Recipe to use up Stale Bread
This recipe uses up any sort of savoury stale bread and makes leftover soup into something special. Ingredients Stale bread. Any of the following: garlic, herbs, salt, pepper, parmesan and/or lemon zest if you like. Big flakes of Malden salt work well on croutons. Olive oil or refined coconut oil. Method Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Pour about half …
Zero Waste Week 17 Day 1 – sneaky trash and a fly tip result
Day 1 of Zero Waste Week 17 was supposed to start with me giving blood, which is very wasteful in terms of packaging but I’ve had a bad cold so I rebooked for next week. Instead I’ve spent most of the day on a city treasure hunt with my son. To lure my teenager out of his room takes the …
What is in my bin before Zero Waste Week?
In a nutshell – the week before I’m attempting Zero Waste Week I look in my bin and recycling to see what I can improve on. There is a great rescource over on the Zero Waste site, it is a nicely laid out printable chart that helps you log your waste. If you are considering lowering the amount of stuff …
Getting Ready for Zero Waste Week 2017
In a nutshell – Zero Waste Week is a campaign to draw attention to the fact that waste doesn’t just disappear. I did it with my son 5 years ago and we are going to do it again. There is a Facebook group for the week too. Our first Zero Waste Week My son was 9 back in 2012 when …
How to make vegetable drawstring tea towel bags – Guest post by Vicky Myers
Vicky Myers makes beautiful things by reusing materials. She does her bit towards saving the planet with ‘sustainable style’ and says that sewing, DIY and knitting help her maintain her equilibrium. Taking your own veg bags instead of using the stores plastic bags can make a big impact on the amount of plastic you use. Like reusable water bottles, reusable …
Plastic Free July Week 4 – What is in the bin? #pfjuk
Week 4 of Plastic Free July at last. I love a challenge, especially one that fits neatly into a week or a month but this has been hard. It started to drag in the middle of week 2 and it has been harder to continue than to start. Plastic is everywhere. I’ve needed to think about everything I used and …
Plastic Free July Week 3 – What is in the bin? #pfjuk
I’m disappointed in myself this week. Week 1 was great, with the discovery of vinegar the wonder fluid. Week 2 was about starting to use plastic free options and I found solid shampoo. Week 3 of Plastic Free July, in comparison has been a bit meh. This weeks plastic fails To start with I had a sort out of the …
Plastic Free July Week 2 – What is in the bin? #pfjuk
Week 2 of Plastic Free July Is it only 2 weeks? It feels like a lifetime of battling to be plastic free already! This week the bag for landfill is bigger than last week. The cats needed worming, they finished a big bag of catfood, I sorted out a kitchen drawer and got rid of some rubbish and my son …
Bicarb the wonder salt – Plastic Free July Day 13 #pfjuk
Bob Roland: Message from the front, sir. Rufus T. Firefly: Oh, I’m sick of messages from the front. Don’t we ever get a message from the side? – What is it? Bob Roland: General Smith reports a gas attack. He wants to know what to do. Rufus T. Firefly: Tell him to take a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda and …
Citric acid works better than kettle descaler – Plastic Free July Day 12 #pfjuk
This week in Plastic Free July I swapped my sachets of descaler for citric acid, which works better and comes in a cardboard box. If this was a site without ethics the title would be ‘she added citric acid to her kettle and you will never guess what happened next.” Guess what? The limescale just flaked off and I could …