Favorites from the week: A fall bucket list. How shopping habits change after simplifying your home. Where pros stash their summer items. What I wish people understood about my reasons for not having children. PSL and the backlash explained. (pstt… it’s about women). On “daylighting.” Zero waste school tips.

Favorites from the week: Why September is important for self-care. Stay off social media one day a week. How to build a life without kids. The color to decorate with this fall. (My favorite color!) How to exercise so it brings joy (and not dread). Marriott is eliminating travel size products. Yay!

Favorites from the week: Plastics. What’s recyclable and what becomes trash? (HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING THIS.) Meet the unfluencers. Quit worrying. An hour by hour roadmap to a productive day. Some awesome natural beauty products. If Beyonce can’t love her body… On being a great aunt. How to be a plant person when you’re lazy.

Favorites from the week: Are DIY projects worth it? Beating the Sunday scaries. America’s self-storage problem. When summer makes you sad. Organizing your medicine cabinet. Thrifting tips. How to hang out with your friends with kids. If you want to understand what’s going on in Kashmir.

Favorites from the week: First off. Gun control and how to take action. Self-care while traveling. (I’m so bad at this. Any routine or workout or healthy eating goes to the crapper when I’m not at home.) Love this multicultural LGBTQ wedding! Solo rituals are the best. On SFO’s plastic bottle ban. Love the new paper packaging for Japanese KitKats. Are you “canceling” these brands? Thoughts?

Favorites from the week: This year’s Google Science Fair winner found a way to extract microplastics from the ocean. Take morning phone breaks. Get happy. How to be a fashion-loving minimalist. 10 reasons you need introverts. Can fast fashion and sustainability ever really be stitched together? How to be productive while working from home.

Favorites from the week: My cousin wrote this insightful piece about the “model minority” — check it out. Why you should stop donating your stuff (and do this first). I got such a kick out of this. What’s cool according to teens today. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure. Instructions for a tea ceremony. Super into this right now post Japan. What if men carried bags? Beauty brands that make recycling their packaging easy. Some reef safe sunscreen options.