Unhinged but Honest: 7 Chaotic Ways to Be That Sustainable Girly

Let’s be real: we’ve all heard the classic advice — bring your own bag, recycle, go thrift shopping. Great stuff. Honestly? Gold stars all around.

But sometimes the most effective sustainable habits are the ones that toe the line between resourceful and slightly unhinged. Here’s the good, the weird, and the surprisingly helpful advice that makes sustainability stick:

1. Name your reusable bag.

If you give it a name, you’ll never forget it. Suddenly, it’s not just a bag — it’s part of the friend group. “Don’t leave without Margie, she’s in the back seat!”

2. Say no to plastic freebies like it’s your villain origin story.

Pens, flyers, plastic forks — you don’t need them. Walk away like the main character who already knows how this story ends.

3. Bring a reusable cup to places that don’t even serve drinks (like an art gallery).

Why? Because the one time someone offers you a spontaneous iced tea or lemonade, you’ll be ready. Bonus points if it starts a conversation.

4. Hoard jars like your grandma during the Great Depression.

Pasta sauce? Jar. Salsa? Jar. Nut butter? Jar. They’ve all got second lives as vases, makeup brush holders, smoothie cups, or mystery-ingredient meal preppers.

5. Thrift like you’re assembling your post-apocalyptic wardrobe.

You’re not just buying clothes — you’re gathering artifacts. Each item has lore. Each piece tells a story. (And none of them cost the planet.)

6. Get really into compost for no reason.

Suddenly you're Googling “can you compost pizza crust?” and starting worm bins like it’s a new hobby. You didn’t mean to become this person… but here you are. And we love that for you.

7. Treat your tote bag like it’s seen some things.

If it hasn’t carried groceries, library books, a hand-poured beeswax candle with a wood wick, an emotional breakdown, and maybe a plant — is it even doing its job?

The bottom line is this:

Living sustainably doesn’t have to be perfect. Sometimes it’s weird. Sometimes it’s chaotic. But if you can laugh about it and still reduce waste, you're on the right track.

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