personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
I started doing Project Pan around the same time that I started this blog, not because I started the blog, but because I moved, pretty far, twice in three months and was seriously disturbed by how much space all of my products took up in my move. And how many products I had that I … Continue reading Two Years of Project Pan
This was an unusual haul of empties this time around, mostly because there were more cardboard packaged items in this month's collection than plastic or glass packaged items like normal. Which I thought was interesting, I don't know if it really means anything, is just interesting. I've also been thinking about doing a big summary … Continue reading November Empties
As per usual with my birthday, I got a little reflective last week. And I realized that I've really been slacking on the whole zero waste/low waste thing. I used to be very into it, kind of around the whole girl boss, peak hustle culture, doing everything to the utmost and to esthetic perfection, the … Continue reading Getting back into waste reduction
When I picked up my empties box today I thought it must be packed full because it was so heavy. It was decently full, but I think that most of the weight came from the couple empty glass containers that were in it rather than a great abundance of used up product. I also have … Continue reading October Empties
I am one the verge of running out of several things at close to the same time. And in my opinion, they are things that I think I can easily (although maybe not inexpensively) swap out for lower-waste/cleaner alternatives. The point I have come to with living lower waste and reducing my impact is that … Continue reading Low-Waste Swaps I Want to Make
Happy Waste Reduction Week fellow Canadians! I've been enjoying a bunch of random YouTube videos lately, including in the "things I no longer..." vein, and while I'm definitely not going to be starting a YouTube channel anytime soon (but I'll never say never!) I'm loving a lot of these trends and want to write blog … Continue reading Waste Reduction Week: Things I no longer buy living low waste
I've had this post scheduled for weeks, but I kept pushing it because even though replacing an essential make up product or toiletry item was in my exceptions list for my no-buy month, I was still doing a no-buy month. But if I'm going to get something that could be considered clean or low-waste beauty … Continue reading Project Pan: Powder
This has been a very heavy week at work, I work with many Indigenous people and serve Indigenous communities and the news of the mass grave in Kamloops has hit them all very hard particularly and has hit the entire country very hard. We ended up scraping (appropriately and mostly my idea) my big project … Continue reading Mid-Week Procrastination
Compared to March it looks like I didn't use anything up this month! Mostly, I just finished up some samples that I have had for several months. The nice thing about a Project Pan is that you actually do use those random things that you have accumulated over your years of purchasing. I do see … Continue reading April Empties
I'm rounding out the Earth Week content with a themed obsessions post! From drag-tivism to my favourite shops in Ontario to access low waste products - these are a few of my favourite things. Instagram Obsession: @Pattiegonia I adore Pattie Gonia and Wyn Wiley equally. They raise such awareness for outdoors-people who don't look like … Continue reading Obsessions: April 24
Thoughtful Millennial 