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If You Need Me, I’ll Be At The Store

I guess, over time, everyone develops a system. The way one goes about regular weekly tasks in order to get the ordinary stuff done efficiently— perhaps almost mindlessly— while we focus our brain power on other, more important things. I certainly have one. I mean I did. Years ago, when our family decided to do […]

Year Of No Garbage Tip Of The Week

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Dear Recycling: Please Stop Trying to Kill Me. Thank you.

I’m doing it wrong. I’m doing it wrong all the time, and I know it, and it’s kind of killing me. This is the thought I’ve been having a lot, because lately our house seems to be in particular chaos. There’s just STUFF EVERYWHERE.. It’s an awfully good thing I didn’t try to do Year […]

The Learning Curve Goes Straight Up

We are one week in to our No Garbage Year and our family has officially caught our first break. And that’s good because lately I’ve been feeling like I say “oh shit” about every ten minutes. This learning curve is so steep I’m getting a nosebleed. Three foods have quickly surfaced as being the most […]

Day Two: Are Having Fun Yet?

“Well THIS is going to be fun. I don’t get to have crackers for a whole year?” Greta was fuming. Grouchiness was coming off her like vapor off a steam engine as we plodded back to her Brooklyn apartment. We were returning from our first visit to her local grocery store of the new year- […]

Year of No Garbage Day One

I’m terribly excited to announce that our third and final family Deprivation Adventure will be…. a Year of No Garbage. So far I’ve only told a handful of folks about this project. Their response is always the same: there’s a pause, a thoughtful “hmm” look, followed by a small smile and then: “What about (insert […]

You’ll Never Guess What Our New “Year of No” Is. Unless You Do.

I’M NERVOUS. Sorry- didn’t mean to yell- but I’m nervous. I’m also terribly excited- because… I have a new project. For some time now I’ve felt that the “Year of No” books really ought to be a series of three. Of course Year of No Sugar was my first book/family torture experiment and Year of […]

The Life Changing Magic of Clear Plastic Storage Bins

Then it hit me. Suddenly I knew the problem with Marie Kondo and KonMari and the whole philosophy of keeping only the things that "spark joy"

How Do You Write? Podcast Interview with Eve O. Schaub

I’m honored to be featured in the latest episode of Rachel Herron’s podcast: How Do You Write? I’m so used to talking about My Issues (sugar and clutter) that this was a total departure…and really, really fun. My favorite take-away quote? “You’re DEFINITELY not Marie Kondo!”

Stockings from the Scrinch

If you’re a sugar-avoider at this time of year, it’s hard not to feel like the Grinch. If you’re a clutter-avoider, you may well feel like you’re channeling Scrooge. So if you’re like me you’re a… a Scrinch. Basically, this time of year represents a nexus of everything I’ve ever written about. Too much sugar? […]