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Comments on: Zero Waste Moving https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/ Zero Waste Living is Simple, Cost Effective, and Fun Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-733 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:41:01 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-733 If I was there I would have helped you, I love this blog you are brave.

]]> By: Lydia Trappenberg https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-525 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:32:16 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-525 I just found your blog and I must say that I really enjoy every single post.
I started getting a lot more aware of minimalism and no-trash-culture when I was backpacking and spent a while in Ubud, Bali last year.
It started with making my own nut milks (I am vegan), buying a set of bamboo cutlery, donation everything I had spare in Australia and getting bamboo toothbrushes.
I am getting more and more into it and I must say that I own very few things by now and I have never been this happy and content.

I went back to Europe to my parents' a couple weeks ago, went into my room and almost got a heart attack. Someone should have just hidden them from me. I didn't miss anything apart from maybe five things and I had soooo many clothes waiting for me. I felt like you in this post. Being the minimalist, living from a 45l backpack but still having a huge room of random stuff and clothes somewhere 😮

]]> By: Sarah Nolt https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-403 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:19:26 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-403 A note about Goodwill: When it finally sank to me in that Goodwill is no longer a non-profit I weaned myself from donating anything to them or buying anything from them. We have true non-profit thrift stores in store who are run by volunteers. One in particular funds a home for financially disadvantaged seniors. I feel good about supporting them.

]]> By: ayumiya11 https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-222 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:33:11 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-222 I had this same experience when my bf and I moved across state lines. All our stuff had to fit in the car and it was a huge wake up call. Look forward to reading more of your blog!

]]> By: lauren https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-205 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:48:13 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-205 In reply to Cynthia.

I totally know the feeling and had the same problem. We all have to start somewhere, right? I began by doing a sort of tracking system of what I wear. Things that I wore often I'd put to one side of the closet. Things I never really wear I'd put in a drawer, if I didn't wear them after a certain period of time i'd sell or donate them. I also went through and looked for anything that needed to be repaired. The best thing I did though was track what I wore since I really am such a creature of habit and tend to wear the same thing over and over. It really helped me begin to purge. I also like to remember that if you have a piece of clothing and you get rid of it and regret it, you can pretty much always find it again or something just like it. Very few things are irreplaceable 🙂

Goodluck!!
Lauren

]]> By: Cynthia https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-202 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 21:22:54 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-202 I thought about becoming zero waste at the beginning of this year. I'm soooo far from it. I've been going through certain areas of my apartment and grabbing things I don't need (example: 3 vegetable peelers), don't use, or thats plastic and sticking it in my closet. I'm in med school so I don't have much time to go through everything at the moment. My closet is a walk in closet. It's full. And I mean, I have enough space to step into it, reach for a tshirt and thats it. There is no walking in in this walk in closet. I'm pretty sure I have the same amount of things, if not more, as a family of 4. I don't know how and WHY I accumulated so many things. It's frustrating to see all the things I own. It's suffocating.

And let's not even get started on all the clothes and the over 30 pairs of shoes I own. Sigh.

Small steps. *deep breaths*

]]> By: lauren https://www.tift-admin.com/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-200 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:46:22 +0000 http://66.147.244.183/~trashisf/i-had-emotional-breakdown/#comment-200 In reply to Erin / Rogue Ginger.

Hi Erin,

It's so nice to know that i'm not the only one! 13 moves in 10 years is a lot, very impressive! I bet you are an expert now! I love the idea of putting boxes under the bed for storage. I have a long bedskirt so they wouldn't be visible at all! I also think I need to get a dresser which will help me a lot with the storage problem.

Thanks for your kind words and tips!
Lauren

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