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Finding a bare cardboard tube at midnight is a tiny disaster. Here is the simple, three-month-tested approach I use to keep it from happening — without turning my apartment into a warehouse.
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On the night two cartons of milk lined up in our fridge, I realized our shared shopping list wasn't working. Here's what my wife and I quit, and what we've kept doing for six months.
When you have a kid, running out of essentials almost always happens on a weeknight. Here are the three habits that actually stuck in our house, after three months.
Last December I rushed to use up my furusato nozei tax allocation. By June, the wagyu was still sitting at the back of the freezer. Here are the habits that finally got me to actually eat the gifts I ordered.
Some things only announce themselves the moment they're gone — shampoo, detergent, toothpaste. Here's what actually stuck for me, after months of trying to make those late-night moments rarer.
I opened the cabinet under the sink and found three unopened bags of fabric softener. Here's what I tried, and what stuck, to find the sweet spot for detergent stock at home.
Every trip, you start the gear list from scratch, and still forget something. Here's what stopped working for me, and the three small habits that stuck.
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Finding a bare cardboard tube at midnight is a tiny disaster. Here is the simple, three-month-tested approach I use to keep it from happening — without turning my apartment into a warehouse.
On the night two cartons of milk lined up in our fridge, I realized our shared shopping list wasn't working. Here's what my wife and I quit, and what we've kept doing for six months.
When you have a kid, running out of essentials almost always happens on a weeknight. Here are the three habits that actually stuck in our house, after three months.
19 posts
Finding a bare cardboard tube at midnight is a tiny disaster. Here is the simple, three-month-tested approach I use to keep it from happening — without turning my apartment into a warehouse.
On the night two cartons of milk lined up in our fridge, I realized our shared shopping list wasn't working. Here's what my wife and I quit, and what we've kept doing for six months.
When you have a kid, running out of essentials almost always happens on a weeknight. Here are the three habits that actually stuck in our house, after three months.
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