All in musings

How I'm Trying to Reduce My Waste During the Pandemic

Because of my fear of the virus, I am guilty of creating more waste than I did prior to quarantine. I have surgical masks, accept single-use plastic bags at the grocery stores (now back to bringing my own tote and washing it after returning home), Clorox wipes, and have spent a lot more time ordering things online—a shopping habit that boredom seems to have spiked… I knew I needed to change. I knew that I wanted to find ways to reduce my waste, even while living in a world that is focused on disinfecting.

A Millennial's Attempt to Garden

Okay, so I didn’t really even try to garden… All I did was clean up the patio area outside of my apartment building with the help of my neighbor. Still—the work was different than what I’m used to. I have often romanticized this type of work. Using your hands to clean a space. To transform it from something broken, dirty, and forgotten into a precious place filled with magic. This wasn’t exactly what I experienced for myself…