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Simple Living, Nature, Tiny Homes & Art

Published 09/26/2015

Just a little Saturday morning inspiration…

I came across this YouTube vide below. It’s a little documentary about a travelling hobo artist named Dan Price. He tours his underground home, talks about his art and philosophy. He is all about the simple living. Really simple living, living off the land mostly, and connecting with nature, and making art. He never wanted to grow up and be an adult, and loved the magic you had back then as a child. So he applies that artistic magic to his lifestyle. He’s lived in tents and teepees, but now lives in a hobbit style home in the hills. Watch the video below.

He’s written a couple books too, one on Radical Simplicity. Now edited to My Simple Life, and a book about his Tiny House.

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And one on How To Make A Journal of Your Life. This one inspired me to connect with the outer world, and document my life again. I used to write everyday as a teenager to document my high school life. It’s’ wonderful to pick one up and read through it again. Albeit slightly embarrassing too haha.

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He’s written a Moonlight Chronicles Series that documents his life traveling the world and the many adventures and observations, and he’s definitely inspiration to the style of books I want to write. I’m really glad I came across this.

Check him out, if you enjoy whimsical things about the meaning of life. It’s a really beautiful breath of fresh air.

Adios and enjoy the weekend!

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The Switch to More Ethical Products

Published 05/20/2015

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These days I’ve been more mindful and aware of the products I use on my body when it comes to shampoos, make-up, face wash, body lotion etc. There are three reasons:

1) I don’t want to be putting harsh chemicals all over my skin, which then gets absorbed into my body,
2) I don’t want to use products that are not ethical, and tested on animals, and
3) I don’t want to waste plastic containers and add more garbage to this precious earth.

I recently discovered the Soap Dispensary here in Vancouver. This place is awesome, and I’ve already been using some of their products!

“The Soap Dispensary is a refill store specializing in premium soaps, household cleaners, personal care products and DIY ingredients. Customers can reuse containers to be refilled at the store, keeping single-use plastic packaging out of landfills, watersheds and limited recycling systems.

The soaps are hard-working, biodegradable, gentle on children, pets and people with sensitivities and allergies. They currently carry seven brands produced in Metro Vancouver and as well as a few from across Canada and the US. They also bring in products from other parts of the world that fit with their goal for living a less disposable lifestyle.” See the video below!

Anyway, I am in love with this store. What a neat little concept. We need more of these.

Another place I’ve been going to more is Lush, which I’m sure most of you are familiar with. They have these Shampoo Bars that not only smell like heaven, but again, using the concept of not producing more plastic waste. They smell great too. I’m slowly trying their other products as well, I also have one of their Face Bars.

What products do you use? I’d love to hear your recommendations as I switch over my Drug Store products into more ethical ones. Any DIY-ers out there? I’ve been interested in that too.

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