Archive for the ‘"stuff"’ Category

9 Jul

Why I Avoid Plastics

Posted by Heather in "stuff", chemicals, habit, mindset, waste not.

As you know, I have been more and more avoiding plastics. This started with food containers and is slowly spreading to more areas of my life. Along with plastics, all single-use disposables are becoming less attractive.

Why?

With regards to food and drink, it’s chemicals. They leach into what we eat and drink, and they affect us profoundly. BPA is a hormone disruptor: it was originally manufactured as synthetic estrogen, and then someone realized they could use it to make flexible plastic. I don’t take The Pill because I don’t want to mess with my hormones. And so I don’t eat or drink out of plastic. And I wouldn’t give my boy The Pill, so I don’t feed him out of plastic, either. (It turns out that many “BPA-free” products have higher estrogen-like properties than their BPA-filled counterparts, so “BPA-free” doesn’t necessarily mean “safe.”)

Beyond the dangers posed to my body, plastics do inordinate damage to the earth.

Everyone knows that plastics don’t biodegrade. This turns out to be partially incorrect. They do break down — fairly rapidly — in the ocean. In the ocean, where they release toxic chemicals and break down into small pieces. The fish absorb the chemicals, eat the pieces, and then we eat the fish. For a more detailed write-up of the decomposition of plastic in the ocean, click here.

(Bioplastics — plastics made from plants and other organic materials — once produced are chemically the same as petroleum-based plastic and do not break down. Also, containers that are part petroleum and part bioplastic are not recyclable. For a good read on bioplastics, click here.)

For plastics that don’t end up in the ocean, they fill landfills, litter our streets and parks. They kill wildlife.

We tend to forget about the other end of things, which causes just as much damage. Production. Oil needs to be extracted, processed, and shipped. The petroleum is added to whatever else is in the thing and turned into the thing in a factory. The results are shipped from the factory to wherever you obtain it. That’s a lot of effort.

This was going around Facebook (source) and summed it up well:

I started following My Plastic-Free Life and love it. Just as with many other things in my life, the more I read, the more it seeps into my consciousness, which makes it easier for me to make small changes. Small changes accumulate over time.

The Big Man and I ordered out the other night. In our order — dinner for two, no appetizers or desserts — there were 15 pieces of plastic, mostly single-use. (I count the bag as not single-use, but that was the only piece.) Multiply that by the number of dinners that night by the number of restaurants in that chain … And that’s just one restaurant.

This part of me continues to be slowly changing. I haven’t bought a stainless steel drinking straw yet, but I have stopped using straws when we eat out, and I have started declining a lid when I order a tea at a coffee shop (to be drunk in-house).

What are your thoughts on plastic?

8 Apr

The Best Conversation I Had This Week

Posted by Heather in "stuff", HAWMC.

Today’s prompt was to write about the best conversation I had this week in dialogue form.

I’m going to twist that up a bit, not use dialogue form, and use “best” ironically.

The Big Man and I were in the Big Box Baby store, picking up a few things that we couldn’t find used. (Used is the way to go for almost all things baby!)

We were in the high chair/bouncy seat section, and a woman came up to us and commented on how beautiful The Kid is. (Thanks :) ) She kept talking, and we ended up in conversation for about five minutes. She was pointing out all of the items in that area that she had purchased for her grandson. Apparently, he refuses all of them.

“I’ve spent thousands of dollars and he won’t use any of them.”

Besides leaning more and more towards a more minimalist lifestyle (for a variety of reasons), we didn’t buy a few chairs and a bouncy seat and an exersaucer and a swing and on and on because we were told by many people that babies are picky about what you can toss them into. Some love a swing; others hate it. And the same goes for all of those “must haves.” So we bought one vibrating chair, and that’s all. (And so far, it has gotten the job done just fine.)

Why is this ironic?

She was in that section looking for something to buy him for Easter.

(She pointed to a section of items and asked if we had any of them. I said no, but that if he doesn’t like anything she buys, she should just go with the cheapest one. She laughed and said that was smart. I didn’t say anything further, but “smart” would have been to buy him some books or toys or clothes or something that he was more likely to like. Or buy him nothing. He’s The Kid’s age — he has no idea if the Easter bunny came or not…)

20 Dec

Christmas Cards?

Posted by Heather in "stuff", mindset.

Today’s post is mainly born out of curiosity on my part.

Do you send Christmas cards?

I sent Christmas cards for a few years quite a few years ago but haven’t in a long time. I didn’t want to just sign my name and pop them in the mail, but I didn’t have (or make) the time to write a personal message in each one. I considered a “Christmas letter” but decided against it. I was sending cards to people I knew well and people I had much less contact with and couldn’t draft a letter that seemed appropriate for everyone. So perhaps perfectionism killed my Christmas card habit.

I vacillate about receiving them. A lot of the cards we get have pictures, and I do enjoy those. The ones with Christmas letters are typically from people we aren’t in close touch with, and those are OK, too. The ones that are just signed … sometimes I enjoy getting them and putting them up — cards make the family room more festive. Sometimes, not so much. Why am I inconsistent? I have no idea. Chalk it up to being human :)

It’s funny, though, because the rest of the year, I really like getting cards, regardless of them having a personal note in them. Perhaps this falls under my distaste for “obligatory” things. For example, The Big Man knows that I like flowers, but not on my birthday, our anniversary, or Valentine’s Day. (And I like cards on my birthday, even though it’s “obligatory.”)

What is interesting to me is how many people I’ve known who completely stress out about sending Christmas cards and making time to do it and getting them in the mail early enough. I guess I don’t understand it because it’s not a high priority for me, but if my life is overwhelming and the to-do list needs to be pared, the cards are gonna go.

It is also interesting to see how many people keep track of who they get cards from so they know who NOT to send them to next year. There’s some mysterious social currency in sending and receiving. I remember as a kid seeing books designed just to keep track of who cards were sent to and received from. (I don’t know if it was my mom or other relatives or both who had them.) One person I know this year is only sending cards to people after she receives one from them. That’s some hard-core tit-for-tat.

What about you? Do you enjoy sending and/or receiving Christmas cards?

22 Nov

Tis The Season

Posted by Heather in "stuff", health, mindset, time management.

The holiday season is upon us. While it has been called “the most wonderful time of the year,” for many people, it is anything but.

It tends more to be the time of year most filled with excess: we eat too much, we buy too much, we receive too much, we stress too much, we jam too much into our days and nights.

Unfortunately, in all of this excessive-ness, we tend to lose sight of the things that actually are important to us.

Most people, when asked, will list their health and their family/friends as their number one and two most important things (not necessarily in that order). But how many people live that way? Or, on a smaller scale, how many people celebrate that way?

people…

Spend time with people who are important to you, doing things that you both value. Perhaps create traditions that bring you closer together, instead of traditions that bring you to the mall.

Skip the parties that you really don’t want to go to.

If decorating stresses you out, don’t do it. (If decorating is something you love to do, then do it!) Be thoughtful when soliciting the help of others in your quest to deck out your house.

stuff…

You don’t have to have a stash of “just in case” generic gifts. And really, there is no such thing as a little something that anyone would like. Save your cash, get rid of some clutter, help someone else get rid of some clutter (by not giving it to them), and worry less about material reciprocity.

It is somewhat striking to me that we have an immediate transition from a holiday of gratitude for what we have to a season of materialism and wanting more.

See if you can truly be thankful for what you have … and be content with it. Carrying that through December will serve you better than carrying a credit card. (Not watching TV will help. Advertising is powerful; its job is to make you discontent with what you have.)

Kids can be taught the same thing. If they’re younger, it’s likely to be easier. And really, how many new toys do they need? How many of them will they still be playing with in a week? Again, less TV viewing (by the kids) will decrease desire for more stuff.

[I'm not saying that kids shouldn't get any presents for Christmas — just that many people go overboard, which adds stress (in shopping, wrapping, possibly assembling, and in paying bills) and adds clutter to the house, which adds to stress later.]

health…

First, just a reminder that stress is detrimental to your health, so all of the above things that could reduce stress also increase health.

That said, I might not know anyone who won’t be uncomfortably full at some point on Thursday.

“But it’s Thanksgiving! It only happens once a year!”

True. But do this exercise to illustrate the “once a year” problem.

Go get a calendar for a year. It’s OK if it’s a 2011, even though most of 2011 is over (wow!) — it’ll work for this.

Circle (or otherwise mark) Thanksgiving. Do you celebrate Christmas with a meal? Circle it. Celebrate New Year’s Eve? Circle it. Circle Superbowl Sunday. And Valentine’s Day. Easter. Memorial, Independence, and Labor Days. Halloween. Family birthdays. Your anniversary. Estimate other non-recurring events: weddings, dinner parties, BBQs, graduations, other parties, and so on.

I bet there are a lot of circles on your calendar. I bet you could justify unsavory eating/drinking at any and all of them by saying, “It only happens once a year!” How much damage are you doing to your body (and therefore your health – a priority?) just “once a year”?

Now, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t eat or drink anything “tasty” at Thanksgiving. I am saying that overeating doesn’t honor your body. The issue is really just portions. In a typical weeknight dinner, you have maybe three or four different items on your plate. You’ll likely have at least twice as many on Thursday, which means your portions need to be half the size or less. Take your time eating, really savor your food, and you can still enjoy it as much as if you’d eaten twice as much but not really paid attention. Added bonus: you won’t feel sick afterwards.

I know quite a few people who don’t exercise in December because they “don’t have time.” It’s a matter of priority. Which is more important: your health, or all of the extra errands? How can you streamline and simplify your December so that you do have time to exercise? Your kids (if you have them) need to move, too. Or your friends. Or a neighbor. Or a coworker. What can you do together that you all enjoy?

How can you streamline and simplify your December so that you have time for all of the things that are actually important? Stop, take note of everything, and if the to-do list or the calendar boxes are brimming, see what can be let go. You don’t have to do it all. You owe it to yourself, and you owe it to the people close to you.

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s to your health *clink*

1 Sep

What Creates Value?

Posted by Heather in "stuff", mindset, time management.

What makes an event worth the time? What makes an object worth the money? Or worth the maintenance? Or worth the space it takes?

There is no solid answer for this — it changes person to person, and it changes based on what specific thing you’re talking about.

It was worth the money to me to buy glass storage containers to use in the kitchen, and stainless steel water bottles, ice cube tray, and popsicle molds. For others, it’s not. For some people, it’s worth the expense to have a smart phone and the plan that goes with it. For me, it’s not.

I don’t think “stuff” is inherently god or bad, but we’re living in a culture of mindless stuff acquisition. I didn’t realize how much impact general clutter had on my emotional state until I started cleaning out the house. We have a lot less stuff now — even with recently acquired baby gear — and the house is just nicer to be in. Whether any of the things we’ve gotten rid of was worth the money we spent on it is irrelevant, really. It was not worth the space it was taking up. I’m sure there are some folks who would come into our house and think that we have a lot of stuff, but by the standard of the Joneses, we’ve pared back nicely.

What about your calendar? Is that as packed as the closets and shelves? Just like the house, I work consciously not to clutter my time. And just like the house, I’ve gotten much better, and I feel much better when I’m successful, but I have plenty of room for improvement. I spend as little time as possible with people who don’t contribute to my quality of life. As often as possible, I only agree to take on projects that I am interested in and happy to invest the time in. I try to fill unscheduled time with projects/activities that I enjoy, that enhance my life. I do what I can to make day-to-day tasks less mundane.

Time has been more difficult for me to mange than stuff. I’m a do-er and like to be involved in things. I have many interests and could pretty easily double-book myself every day. Slowing down a bit, and picking and choosing what to do instead of trying to do it all has made me less stressed out, more well-rested, and generally happier.

What about you? How do you decide if something is worth it? How often are you conscious of that decision?

16 Aug

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Posted by Heather in "stuff", finances, habit, mindset, waste not.

Many people agree that our mindset on garbage needs to change.

Many mindful people do their part by recycling: paper, cardboard, aluminum, plastics — whatever their municipality will accept.

Many mindful people use reusable shopping bags instead of collecting tons of plastic bags.  Some who do use plastic shopping bags repurpose them for use in small trash cans.

Many mindful people use re-usable water bottles instead of buying bottled water.

These are the three most common “eco-friendly” actions that I’ve seen in general daily life.

These few actions include all three components of the “reduce, reuse, recycle” mindset.

Unfortunately, except for economic reasons, most people practice a “recycle, reuse, reduce” lifestyle.

Reduce

The first R is reduce because the best thing you can do for the environment (and ultimately, for your pocketbook) is to reduce consumption, especially of one-use, disposable items. In addition to the space they take up once they’ve been discarded, they all take an enormous amount of energy and natural resources to create, from harvesting materials to creating the object to packaging the object (go back to the beginning of the cycle for all of the packaging!) to transporting the object.

Sure, if you buy a water bottle, that cycle is perpetuated for production of that bottle, but it is still much less than the alternative.  Using myself as an example, I bought a few Klean Kanteens three or four years ago. Let’s say three. I have no idea how much I paid for them, so I looked up current prices for the three bottles I have:

  • I have two of these (one with a loop cap and one with a sport cap, though the design is different from what they have now): $17.95 each
  • I have one of these: $25.95
  • Total: $61.85

I pack lunch for 186 school days. I take the big bottle (40 oz.) and one of the small ones (27 oz.), so that’s 67 oz. per day. Most bottled water comes in 16-oz. bottles, so rounding down, that’s four bottles of water per day. Four bottles times 186 days equals 744 bottles per year that I didn’t buy or throw away just from using reusable bottles. And that hasn’t even counted in all of the other times that I use them. And that’s only for one year.

A 24-pack of 16-oz. store-brand water bottles is on sale at a local grocery store this week for $2.77.  If I stocked up enough to use for the year, I’d spend $85.87.

So in one year, I’d save the earth from the production, transportation, and disposal of more than 744 plastic water bottles, as well as saving at least $24.02. The second year, since there would be no cost for water bottles, it’s all savings.

Similar exercises could be done with a myriad of products. Disposables are the most obvious choices (plates, silverware, napkins, paper towels, tissues, diapers, etc.). Other items to consider reducing the purchase of include clothing/shoes, accessories, and electronics. Also consider how your grocery items are purchased. Snack-sized or 100-calorie packs both use much more packaging and are more expensive per ounce than their more bulk-packaged counterparts. With reusable containers, it is easy to open a package of chips, cookies, etc., and divide it out into servings.

Reuse

The second-best way to conserve resources and money is to buy reusable items. Hard plastic, glass, and aluminum bottles and storage containers work well in the kitchen. One step further: buy foods in packages that will be reusable — most notably, jars.

Buying items second-hand not only saves money but also gives another life to items otherwise headed for a landfill. While there are a few items I don’t feel comfortable buying second-hand (underwear, bathing suit, furniture with pillows/cushions for examples), I have gotten many great deals on buying items second-hand, from books to clothes to a dining room set to a defibrillator for my training center. And, just like new items, there are brick-and-mortar stores as well as online stores where you can shop.

Selling or giving away instead of trashing (or recycling) is another way to help keep good objects in circulation and out of a dumpster. I have come to love Freecycle, where I have given away things I was pretty sure no one would want (and they did want!) and received things that other people were happy to get out of their house.

Having a compost bin/pile enables people to reuse peels, cores, and other parts of many foods instead of tossing them in the garbage.

Note: if you’re going to reuse plastic bottles, don’t reuse the ones that you buy water in. They’re not made for reuse and break down faster than those marketed for reuse. Of course, I prefer reusable bottles that aren’t plastic at all (and if you’re going with aluminum, make sure they’re not lined), but I understand that not everyone is concerned about such matters.

Recycle

The last of the three Rs is recycle. If you already have it and need to get rid of it but can’t sell it and can’t give it away, recycle it. There are recycling programs for all sorts of materials beyond your basic paper, plastic, aluminum. I’ve seen websites for a variety of electronics, running shoes, pens, books. I’m sure there is much more out there that I haven’t stumbled upon.

Make sure that any products you’re using at home that can be recycled actually get in a recycling bin.

What’s your take? Does any of this concern you, either environmentally or financially?

14 Jul

Stainless Steel Ice Cube Tray Review

Posted by Heather in "stuff", updates.

At the same time that I bought the popsicle molds, I bought a stainless steel ice cube tray. I had read mixed reviews about it and as such was a bit nervous about dropping that much money. But I had a little bit of credit in my amazon account and I wanted to make ice without plastic, so I bought one.

It’s great!

The ice cubes are maybe slightly smaller than your average ice cubes, but contrary to some reviews, they’re not tiny. I don’t think if I served them up to a guest they would wonder about the inferior, tiny ice cubes.

I had no trouble getting the cubes out of the tray. I ran it under water for a few seconds, upside down, then turned it over, pulled up the handle, and took out the ice. The ice cubes came out intact.

My only (very minor) complaint is that since it needs to be run under water to loosen the cubes, it can’t be put back in the freezer right away. (Or maybe I should be complaining that my dish towels aren’t absorbent enough?)

As of now, I am very happy with my purchase and am hoping that items like these become popular enough that they get less expensive.


4 Jul

Homemade Popsicles!

Posted by Heather in "stuff", food, recipes.

Happy Independence Day!

A week or so ago, I was making “ice cream” — bananas and strawberries in the Magic Bullet. I had a lot, so I decided to make a few single-serving (one banana) batches and put them in the freezer. It turns out, they freeze solid. When I took the first one out of the freezer to eat, my second thought was, “This would make a perfect popsicle.” (My first thought was, “How long will it be until this is soft enough to eat?”)

I had heard about Onyx Stainless Steel Popsicle Molds — the only stainless steel ones that I am aware of — and considered for a while that making popsicles might be fun. The somewhat-failed ice cream experiment prompted me to look into buying them. (The link above is where I ended up buying them — less expensive than amazon as of this writing — but I am not affiliated with NaturalMomGear.com and receive no compensation for others buying from them.)

I ordered them on Wednesday. On Saturday, they arrived and I was very excited!

I made five flavors. The Big Man and I have sampled two of the five so far.

What we’ve made:

  • strawberry: strawberries with a splash of rice milk for a slightly more fluid texture (haven’t sampled yet)
  • strawberry pineapple: equal parts strawberries and pineapple chunks with a splash of rice milk (haven’t sampled yet)
  • strawberry vanilla: strawberries with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (very strawberry — The Big Man would have liked it to be more ice cream and less strawberry)
  • strawberry pineapple vanilla: strawberries, pineapple, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream (haven’t sampled yet)
  • peanut butter banana: a banana and a dollop of peanut butter, with a splash of rice milk — delicious! I have been eating peanut butter banana sandwiches almost every day, and this is a great alternative for me.

I did a quick search online for popsicle recipes and found more than I can make any time soon. I’ll share a list here. If you are a popsicle maker and have a recipe you want to share, please add it (or them!) in the comments.

As far as the molds themselves — very easy so far! There are six individual molds in the package, along with tops (or bottoms, when you’re eating it), a rack to hold them, and sticks. The tops have little silicone buttons with a slit for the stick, so that the stick stays upright. The tops have a curved edge so they’ll catch drips while you’re eating … unless you eat it fast enough that it doesn’t drip!

To get the popsicle out of the mold, I ran it under the tap for a few seconds and it slid right out. Very easy! And because the molds are all individual, we could eat two pops and leave the others in the freezer for later.

While the molds are more expensive than plastic molds, there’s no worry of leaching chemicals, there’s no funky taste, and they’re virtually indestructible. Unless I need more than six or lose the ones I have, I’m not going to need to buy popsicle molds ever again.

The only thing I don’t like about them is the lack of a reusable stick. The company has reusable bamboo sticks in the works — I’m hoping they are available soon!

If you don’t want to buy molds, you can also use small paper cups or baking tins. It’s difficult to get the sticks to stay in place, and using paper cups creates a lot of waste, but if you just want to try your hand at it before committing to molds, those are options.

I am excited to have a way to have an easy, cold, healthy treat, or another way to serve up the same ingredients. Of course, there are plenty of recipes that are not healthy, either — and a handful that aren’t child-appropriate — and I’m sure we’ll sample a few of those as well.

In no particular order, here are some recipe list sites:

50 Amazing Homemade Popsicle Recipes & Ideas

Popsicle Recipes

A Month of Popsicle Recipes

32 Homemade Popsicle Recipes

50+ Homemade Popsicle Recipes

Do you make popsicles? If no, are you considering it?

10 May

When A “Great Deal” Isn’t A Great Deal

Posted by Heather in "stuff", finances.

I do venture into personal finance from time to time here at Change Is Possible. I know that how I look at, think about, spend, and manage money have all changed drastically for me over the past 10 to 15 years, and this is part of why my life is better now than it was then.

While my life is not quite debt-free, The Big Man and I have made great progress and are down to a mortgage and a student loan. Less debt = fewer bills. Who doesn’t want fewer bills to pay? (See this guest post at Get Rich Slowly for details on one portion of our success.)

Part of our success has been in buying less stuff. If we don’t buy it, we don’t have to pay for it, and we certainly don’t have to pay interest on it. We’re getting better and better about only buying things when we have the cash on hand. I waited three months to buy new jeans a while back. The old ones were faded, and I couldn’t wear them for casual Fridays at work, but new jeans (and casual Fridays) are not needs.

I know many people who will regularly buy things because they are a great deal. Let’s assume, for purposes of today’s post, that they actually are a great deal – either on sale, or with a coupon or other discount, etc.

So why not buy it?

“I can’t afford it.”

This is probably the strongest reason not to make a purchase. If something is on sale for $200 that is usually $2000 but you only have $20, you can’t afford it. It doesn’t matter that it’s a smokin’ deal unless it’s truly a need.

The list of things that we must spend money on is much shorter than most people’s list of “needs.” You don’t need new clothes. You don’t need soda or dessert or pre-made food in a box. You don’t need cable. You don’t need internet. You don’t need new furniture or home accessories. You don’t need gifts. You don’t need Christmas cards. You don’t need to eat out. The list goes on.

If ends aren’t meeting, cut out non-essentials as necessary. Does that make quality of life lower? Sometimes, yes. Does stressing about getting bills paid make quality of life lower? Yes. Does carrying debt makes quality of life lower? Yes. And debt piling on will stress you out more than not having new jeans. Even if they were on sale.

“I have no use for it.”

Regardless of whether you can afford it, if you have no use for it, leave it. I’m not talking about those rationalized, “Well, I might be able to use it for …” or “I’m sure this will come in handy some time.” It’s easy to make those up on the spot to pressure yourself into buying something that you like that you’re really not going to use. Admire it on the shelf (or the webpage, or in the catalog, or at your friend’s house) and leave it there.

“I already have something that gets the job done.”

If you already have a functional item that serves the purpose of the item you’re considering buying, no need to buy it. You already have something that does it. You don’t need another one. Even if it is shinier.

“I don’t like it.”

Fortunately for my faith in humanity, I have very little contact with people who buy things that are a good deal just because they’re a good deal when they don’t even like the thing they’re buying. (Or maybe I just have little contact with those who will admit it.)

If you don’t like it, unless it’s a need (using the strict definition of need) or a gift that the recipient will like (even though you don’t), please hang on to your money.

How to avoid some of these pitfalls

If you can’t go shopping without buying something, don’t go shopping. Or at least go shopping less frequently.

Make a list of what you’re going for and do not buy anything unless it is on the list.

Find alternative solutions. I used to be a book fanatic and would spend a decent chunk of money on books … which subsequently took up a decent chunk of space in my house. Most of the books are gone now, and I use the library for most of my reading wants and needs.

Our new budgeting system (which is detailed in the link at the beginning of this post) has really helped me/us to be very aware of what we’re spending money on, and not spending it unless cash is on hand.

Do you fall into these traps? What do you do to avoid them?

10 Mar

blog rant!

Posted by Heather in "stuff".

I have to tell you … I’m a little annoyed right now.

I’ve been spending some time this week catching up on blog reading (it wasn’t a priority when I was out of town). I read a lot of blogs on a variety of topics via RSS. Some of them post daily, some of them post only once every couple of months and the rest are somewhere in between.

But in the last few days, as I’m catching up, I’m noticing that many of them (too many!) are trying to sell me stuff. I’ve read two posts so far just today that the content was nothing but “We’re going to be selling you something soon! Bet you can’t wait!” There was another blog that I loved that once the author started working on an e-book, the only thing he wrote about was the book — how writing it was going, when the launch was coming, the launch, pushing it some more after the launch, and how it did. I stopped reading it, and I didn’t buy the book.

Now, I get that some bloggers use their audience as a base to sell stuff. I am hoping that at some point in the not-too-distant future, I’ll have an e-book that some of y’all might be interested in. But I’m not going to post about it all the time. And there will still be other content.

What’s your opinion on blogs that sell? How often is too often? Do you unsubscribe or just ignore those posts?

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