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    The End of Toilet Paper?

    Listening to Kelsey and Chris’s podcast, Matrimoney, is introducing all sorts of new ideas and goals into my life around money. But it’s also getting me interested in the idea of eliminating toilet paper from our master bathroom. 

    Yes, seriously!
    On the podcast, they talk about using the diaper sprayer attached to their toilet to clean their private areas before using a resusable baby wipe (the kind made out of fabric) to pat dry. Then they went on to get a bidet for their bathroom.
    I am always looking for ways to reduce our environmental impact, and I’m interested in exploring this idea. Kelsey, what kind of bidet did
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    We Need to Save More Money

    I know my topics keep repeating themselves:

    • We need to tighten up the reigns with our money.  
    • Motherhood is hard!
    • I need to recommit to healthier habits.
    But that’s the thing about life, right? It’s always a work in progress. I find that in Western culture we tend to be very goal-oriented, and yet many of the most important things have nothing to do with achieving a goal and being done. 
    Take muscle flexibility as an example. Being flexible is an important part of keeping our bodies in optimal health. And yet flexibility is not just something you can achieve and move on from. You have to maintain it. 
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    I Threaten My Children Too Much

    I have to confess that I get nervous about parenting trends. I feel like every couple of decades the pendulum swings and a new way of raising children becomes popular. The problem is that we don’t get any empirical data about the methods that are currently popular until decades later when children become adults. (Case in point: it was fascinating to read the background on Dr. Spock whose parenting philosophy was linked to the rebelliousness/permissiveness/activism of the sixties and seventies.)
    We are now seeing that the helicopter parenting trend led to a generation of college students who hadn’t developed the resilience they need to navigate the world in an optimal
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