During Week #11, we learn and practice ways to downsize and minimalize the use of disposable plastic water bottles and plastic containers for water. We review the pros and cons of plastic water bottles, what plastic "leaching" means and does, and spotlight alternative water storage and filtering options.
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Week 9 | Facebook Friends | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize
Are you or someone you know a collector of Facebook friends? Do you know someone with hundreds or thousands of friends and wonder how they find the time and achieve the personality to be that social? Are you concerned about your online privacy?
In this article we review pros and cons of deleting Facebook friends around the...
Week 7 | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize | Books & Magazines
Do you feel burdened by the amount of books or magazines you own? Do you find yourself lugging them around wherever you go, home to home, storage unit to storage unit, just to stack and store them on a shelf or keep them in moving boxes without ever reading them? Does the thought of getting rid of your books...
Week 6 | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize | Let Go of Loneliness
Whether or not you have lots of family and friends, lack of depth in at least a few relationships can leave a gaping hole in the spirit that leads to loneliness. Could focusing on the quantity of Facebook friends we are connected to, excess eating, unhealthy drinking, prolonged sleep, and/or the collection of “stuff” be signs of trying to fill an emotional void in our lives? Perhaps what the human...
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