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Category Archives: Nothing new
Created or Curated?I’ve been writing less lately, online at least. I think I’ve become confused about what blogging means, IView full post » 
Second hand style.Antique stores, salvage yards and tip-shops are essential to the charm and beauty of living in the South-West. AView full post » 
Be ordinary.“To go wrong in one’s own way is better then to go right in someone else’s.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky It was aView full post » 
Recycle: Soft PlasticIs your home a soft plastic magnet? It doesn’t seem to matter how conscious I am about not using too muchView full post » 
ConnectedA couple of weeks ago Bo and I moved into our own home. A sweet little cottage with a greenhouse window in the kitchenView full post » 
Transitional Living.In July last year Bo and I moved out of our rental. As a part of our Nothing New Project I wanted to see if we couldView full post » 
Community Timebanking: Bringing communities closer.I’ve been speaking about community growth and resilience since I finished my Masters mid 2014. Everytime IView full post » 
To listen is to learn.There has been a lot of noise lately. A lot of it coming from me. I’ve spent the past 8 months of my lifeView full post » 
The Economy of Human ConnectionFour years ago I started my Masters in Social Change. I started studying this field seriously for a few reasons, firstView full post » 
The end of the Nothing New ProjectA year ago I had a crazy idea. Not a new idea in the grand scheme of things, but I pretty radical idea in my ownView full post » 
Week 51: ChristmasWe managed to avoid the shops completely this Christmas, with nothing to buy there was no reason for us to be anywhereView full post » 
The “No Buy” Gift GuideIt can be easy to forget that what we have in our lives is secondary, always, to WHO we have in our lives…View full post » 
Remembering“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, itView full post » 
Week 48: Communal Responsibility.On Friday I stood in my friends suburban backyard homestead. It had been a busy day of work meetings and daycare. WhenView full post » 
Surrender“Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. WeView full post » 
Week 41: The art of living without shopping.People often ask me how I can live without shopping. Both friends and family seem aghast at times that this is what IView full post » 
Week 40: Back to RealityLike any wonderful thing that you spend days or weeks or months preparing for – when it’s over it feelsView full post » 
Calm + ConnectedLast weekend Bo and I escaped our everyday life and headed north, picking up one of my favourite people in the worldView full post » 
This {+Big News} lifeFor those of you who follow us on Facebook you will know that I have had some pretty massive news that I have been (notView full post » 
DIY: Chickweed SalveA few months ago I started seeing a naturopath for a host of things that I was struggling with, anxiety, stress,View full post » 
Shared“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë As parents we spendView full post » 
GrowOnce a month we head out to the farm that Bo and I lived on for a while when we first started our transitionalView full post » 
Week 34: Silencing the perfectionistThirty four weeks into the Nothing New project and we’ve found ourselves living at my mothers… thisView full post » 
Week 31: Balancing actIt’s been exactly a month today since we moved out of our little home. A month of living out of bags and boxes. AView full post » 
A simple exchange“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë I got a message from aView full post » 
Week 29: The spaces between.The ebb and flow of our days changes at a whim these days. Our rhythm shifts with the home we live in, our days areView full post » 
This lifeCoats and hats. Fresh winter air. Muddy boots kicked off by the door. Socks on wooden floor boards. Hot cups of teaView full post » 
Kickstart social change in YOUR community.I talk a lot about social change, not just here on the blog, but in my day to day life. Having just finished a MastersView full post » 
Harvest“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer andView full post » 
Family friendly vapour rub DIYMoving house, winter storms, icy winds and the general sniffles that come from cold air and daycare germs have beenView full post » 
Nothing New: The halfway point.“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside theView full post » 
What buying nothing is teaching me about giving…Bo and I are moving out of our place this week, we are moving into transitional accommodation as we continue toView full post » 
Week 25: The next phaseWe are entering the next phase of our Nothing New project. Over the next week we are packing up our home and putting aView full post » 
Week 24: Why are we doing this again?We are gearing up for a shift into a new phase of the project that is going to give us a new approach and willView full post » 
Week 22: On rocky ground…I noticed holes in my favourite t-shirt and my most comfortable leggings this week, and it nearly sent me into a miniView full post » 
Week 20: Waste not. Want not.If you look around at our societies, in our stores, in our homes – we already have everything we could possiblyView full post » 
Week 18: The purge“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”View full post » 
Week 16: Just start where you are.Week sixteen has come and almost gone, and with it a defined change in season here in the West. The air is cold atView full post » 
Week 14: Money and sacrifice.I got a sweet email from a lovely friend of mine over the weekend asking me (among other things) if I could write a bitView full post » 
Recycle: A no-footprint dollhouse makeoverWhen I embarked on this Nothing New Project at the beginning of this year, I knew that I would have a fewView full post » |
