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This year, I’ve been trying to improve my outlook, my attitude, and my life. I’ve been reading books about habits: essentially if you change small habits throughout your day, you will change your life. I’m currently reading BJ Fogg’s book, “Tiny Habits.” Fogg discusses a woman who wakes up every morning at 4:30 a.m. to…
I had a lot of New Year’s Resolutions this year! Here’s an update: Volunteering: I want to volunteer at least twice a month in 2020: once each month at the animal shelter, and one additional time. In February, I volunteered for a race for the first time. Volunteering at a race is more fun than…
One of my goals in 2020 is to volunteer more often. I don’t volunteer much. Here’s why: I don’t like boring volunteer shifts where I sit around watching the clock. I don’t like long volunteer shifts. An ideal length of time is maybe 1.5 hours. After that, I get antsy. I don’t want to be…
I am having so much fun with Hello Fresh! These boxes are kind of like vegetarian cooking lessons, except I don’t have to stand around in a class with an annoying instructor and wear a stupid apron. My next attempt at Hello Fresh was Chickpea-Powered Mediterranean Couscous. Again, it was an easy “bowl.” Many of…
I have seen Afterpay pop up all over the place lately. You can buy your $100 eye cream, and then you have 8 weeks to make payments on it. You don’t even need a credit check to sign up! They make money at least two ways: 1. When you miss a payment, they get a…
I decided to try Hello Fresh! I had never tried a meal kit delivery service before, and it looked fun! There are several offer codes that make your first few boxes very cheap, and if you use Rakuten you can get it for even cheaper. My first box ended up costing $10, and then it…
My I am passionate about saving the environment, but I’m a terribly wasteful person. I can think of thousands of things I’m doing wrong, but right now I’m going to list what I’m doing right. Here are some things I’m doing to help the environment: I barely get any junk mail. Every time I receive…
My next Not Dollar Tree Dining post is about jewelry. I’ll admit: I am rather neglectful with my jewelry. For many years (decades even), my jewelry boxes have been a tangled mess of: half-ass jewelry I’ve made, a few nice pieces, and a big, ugly pile of costume jewelry. I haven’t worn much jewelry in…
I am now on Day 5 of being mostly vegan. Once I start a new habit like this I tend to stick with it for a while. I am not doing it 100% — I had milk in my coffee a couple of times. But I’ve stuck with it pretty well. Here are some of…
I have been an on-and-off vegetarian for most of my life. I stopped eating meat at age 11 when I learned that my next-door neighbors were raising bunnies to slaughter and eat! Bunnies are pets; they can’t be eaten! I never did tell my neighbors that they inspired me to become a vegetarian. Since then,…