The question everyone asks at a party: so what do you do? I never quite know how to answer. Most of the time I assume people are actually asking the question: So what occupation do you have that pays your rent?

I am worried about the environment, like really really worried, you probably should be too, but that's not what I am here to talk about. I am here to tell you about some small and large changes you can make in your life to do something about it. A lot of the things listed here are kinda hard to do, I get that, but I am not here to make it easy for you. You might want to hear that everything is going to be okay. It's not. So, make all of the excuses you want, but at the end of the day, or the end of your life, or the end of your children's lives this earth will be less habitable than it is right now. Therefore, I present you with an incomplete list of some very easy and some very hard things to do you lessen your impact on this planet we call home. Just remember, perfection is not the goal here, small incremental updates is the only way to lasting change.

I see a lot of Instagram posts hating on “the algorithm.” I can see and understand why it’s frustrating to so many people, but it’s time to stop blaming the algorithm. It’s doing exactly what is was intended to do. If you want to exist outside of the confines that someone else built, it’s time to find a new space to do so.

I spent about four hours over the last few days obsessively watching J. Kenji Lopez Alt videos on youtube. There is something magnetic about him. The kitchen is nice, but also messy in a real way. There is no veil of perfection about his home. Sometimes he has to pause recording to get his kid a bowl of blueberries, sometimes the dog comes in for a piece of pepperoni. Sometimes he calls his wife out for scratching the surface of his 20 year old non-stick pan.