“We’re all just spending $40 on the lobster, forgetting it's the butter that makes it good.”
My first thought was “This would look great as a plaque! I wonder if I could have someone on Etsy make it.” Then I thought “Dang. That would be a lobster.” so instead I’m going to write this on a scrap piece of paper and put it on my bulletin board.
I love this post, it was well-written and on a topic I care deeply about. I love recycling old things, in particular I make scrap metal art from things that other people throw away on trash days - it's just so much fun to take random pieces and create something new out of them :)
Thank you for writing this. Those Kardashian pics sucked life from my soul and really highlights how consumption culture is killing everything. Take a walk along a beach in my part of the world and you'll see beautiful Caribbean shorelines choked with flip-flops, plastic toys, Tupperware etc. Microplastics are now in the salt air we breathe. It's sad:( But good on your town for keeping things in check with their garbage policy! Sounds revolutionary.
"There’s never a moment with the parents when the hosts acknowledge the problem is not a lack of shelves, but a lack of self-control. "
Yes. Also, I remember when you and I talked in our interview about the biggest challenges a newcomer might face with remote cabin living, we discussed the ability to have everything we want delivered almost instantly, and the limited capacity for storing things.
I think the single best thing that the average person could do to stop mindless consumption is to cancel their Amazon subscription. Sometimes even a 15-minute trip to the store is enough to make you consider whether a purchase is worth it.
“We’re all just spending $40 on the lobster, forgetting it's the butter that makes it good.” That’s pure gold. Like the butter itself.
This really hit home as I had taken a break from reading Fulfillment, by Alex MacGillis, about the impact (read: devastation) Amazon has had on America, to read something brief but uplifting. While it didn’t lift me up, it did reinforce the need to think differently about what we truly need.
P.S. I did go to the Container store today and only spent $11 on a weekly chore organizer for the kids, and laughed when I saw the Marie Kondo products being hawked.
Utter curiosity, what is an Eco Queen? and perhaps, is there something about that which you seek to avoid being/becoming? (any lack of sewage treatment quite notwithstanding)
“We’re all just spending $40 on the lobster, forgetting it's the butter that makes it good.”
My first thought was “This would look great as a plaque! I wonder if I could have someone on Etsy make it.” Then I thought “Dang. That would be a lobster.” so instead I’m going to write this on a scrap piece of paper and put it on my bulletin board.
Hit the nail on the head. If everyone began to thoughtfully consume.....the world would be healthier .... and so would we.
I love this post, it was well-written and on a topic I care deeply about. I love recycling old things, in particular I make scrap metal art from things that other people throw away on trash days - it's just so much fun to take random pieces and create something new out of them :)
Thank you for writing this. Those Kardashian pics sucked life from my soul and really highlights how consumption culture is killing everything. Take a walk along a beach in my part of the world and you'll see beautiful Caribbean shorelines choked with flip-flops, plastic toys, Tupperware etc. Microplastics are now in the salt air we breathe. It's sad:( But good on your town for keeping things in check with their garbage policy! Sounds revolutionary.
That last sentence…so good!
"There’s never a moment with the parents when the hosts acknowledge the problem is not a lack of shelves, but a lack of self-control. "
Yes. Also, I remember when you and I talked in our interview about the biggest challenges a newcomer might face with remote cabin living, we discussed the ability to have everything we want delivered almost instantly, and the limited capacity for storing things.
I think the single best thing that the average person could do to stop mindless consumption is to cancel their Amazon subscription. Sometimes even a 15-minute trip to the store is enough to make you consider whether a purchase is worth it.
“We’re all just spending $40 on the lobster, forgetting it's the butter that makes it good.” That’s pure gold. Like the butter itself.
This really hit home as I had taken a break from reading Fulfillment, by Alex MacGillis, about the impact (read: devastation) Amazon has had on America, to read something brief but uplifting. While it didn’t lift me up, it did reinforce the need to think differently about what we truly need.
P.S. I did go to the Container store today and only spent $11 on a weekly chore organizer for the kids, and laughed when I saw the Marie Kondo products being hawked.
Utter curiosity, what is an Eco Queen? and perhaps, is there something about that which you seek to avoid being/becoming? (any lack of sewage treatment quite notwithstanding)