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Weekly diary #77: An article in a local newspaper!

Posted on February 14, 2019January 24, 2023

Hi there! Welcome back into my weekly diary. In this diary I want to show you how I try to live an eco-positive life and what that looks like on a daily basis. The past week was crazy! I started my thesis semester, was mentioned in a local newspaper and I went through my weekly trash again. Want to read along? Here’s weekly diary #77.

Thursday

Once back in Enschede (I was in Harderwijk at my boyfriend), I went to my grandma and grandad. Grandma is getting surgery tomorrow and so I wanted to come by and wish her good luck. Family time is important. I got a message from my boyfriend with a picture from yesterday’s sushi date haha. Can you tell I enjoyed it? Vegan sushi is the best. I was also looking for a new good snack today. So, I made some roasted chickpeas in the oven. It was delicious and so a recipe will be coming up soon! It’s vegan and zero waste.

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Friday

Today was crazy! As I said in weekly diary #67, a reporter came by Monday to shoot some pictures for Loose to be on the cover of an article in the newspaper! So, today was the day. I bought the newspaper first thing in my break (I had to work). It was a great article but I would like to clarify one thing: there is plastic on the picture. Bulk plastic. I am transitioning from plastic bulk packaging to full paper bulk packaging and so I still have some plastic which was on that picture he took. I said to him that this should be mentioned, but they left it out unfortunately. So, I was a little scared of all the comment that would come, but all the reactions were amazing! Everybody was so exited and loved the concept. I got overloaded by sweet messages and I was over the moon about it. Zero waste is getting more attention! I made a ‘in the media‘ page where you can see the full article (in Dutch). For this article I got interviewed and this audiofile came online today too on some very well known websites, these you can find too at that ‘in the media’-page. It was such an amazing day and I want to thank everybody here for all the great responses!

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Saturday

Another workday, but not a long one. When I came home I hung my rug (the one I bought secondhand) outside, because the smell was awful! It smelled like smoke. I hoped the wind would do the job but it didn’t. I got some great zero waste tips from followers on Instagram though. So, next Monday I will put some baking soda on it and then vacuum that off. If that won’t work I can also put it into the freezer. I was also very exited today because I finally found plastic free dolmades! These are one of my favorite things to eat, like ever. I had eaten them a lot in Greece on our holiday since it was a local dish. In Spain I found them too in a can, something I had never seen before. Back in the Netherlands I could not found them plastic free in a can, so I was sort of bummed about that. But today I did! At the store where I work myself haha! We’re closing 16 februari to switch to another owner, so it will probably go out of the product range. So, I bought all 6 that were still left in stock haha. I am happy, but also hope they will come back! At night I took a bath. Not very sustainable, but one of the things I allow myself to have sometimes.

Sunday

Today was such a good relaxing day. I slept until late and did some blogging. Then I had a handball match which we lost (yes, again). At night I watched some TV and that is the end of my holiday.

Monday

Today is the official starting day of my thesis semester. For the first time, I am doing just one project for a full semester and the pressure is on. A company is counting on me to do well and that is something which really puts pressure on me. I have a plan, which is good. I will work every weekday on it, for as long I can (8 hours a day doing research is just hard so I will see how many hours I can do). Every Friday I will be at my thesis company to see what’s going on and discuss my weekly progress. I am ready to do this! It will be a great semester to focus on myself as well. Since I can plan my own time I have enough time to go to the gym daily, meditate daily and eat healthy. It will be a good semester I think, with a lot of personal growth!

Tuesday

From now on I am afraid my weekly diary will be the same all 18 weeks coming from now, since I’ll do the same every day. So, today I went to the school library to work on my thesis. At night I had handball training which is such a good way to clear your mind from all the things you’ve been doing that day, I really enjoy it. I also went through my personal (so not from our whole household) weekly trash again today and there is only one thing in there: a letter from the government. It’s about taxes and I am not able to cancel that letter so it’s okay. I will reuse or recycle it.

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Wednesday

To start the day I went to the gym early to do some yoga class. Then I went home, changed, and off to the library! Another thesis day. At night, grandpa came by to have dinner with us. I realized that we almost never do that. When I live by myself one day I hope I will invite people to dinner regularly, since it’s some good quality time with friends and family. As I said, I had put some baking soda on that rug I bought, and it has not worked quite well. It hasn’t done the full job, so I will put on a new layer of baking soda soon (the idea I mentioned about the freezer is good as well, but our freezer is full at the moment, so). And hopefully, the smell will be gone then!

How has your week been?

Yours sincerely,
Romee

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Hi! My name is Romee Hoeksma and I am on a journey to an eco-positive life. An eco-positive lifestyle is a lifestyle in which I have a more positive than negative impact on the beautiful planet earth. On this blog you can follow my journey to a life with only positive impact. At this blog you can find all sorts of things, from tips to recipes to personal experiences, but most of all fun (I hope!). I write about how I want to change the world, but don’t look at it as if I’m judging you. If anything, I like responses from my dear readers the most, so don’t hesitate to contact me or respond to any of my posts!

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Romee

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Ik gebruik al jaren een bamboe tandenborstel, die van Humble Brush 🎋. Naast dat hun product duurzaam is, doen ze ook wat moois met de winst. Dat maakt een product nou echt eco-positief! Je leest meer over poetsen met bamboe op mijn blog, via de link in mijn bio. Vandaag op de blog: iets waarbij de relatie met eco-positief leven wat indirect is: diëten. Januari is dé maand waarin veel mensen weer aan het diëten slaan en daarom leek het me goed om deze post nog net op de valreep in januari te delen. De blog van vandaag gaat slechts over één van de vele nadelen van diëten: het leidt ons af van wat echt belangrijk is 🧐. Weten waarom ik dat denk? Lees dan nu het artikel via de link in mijn bio. Ik ga dit jaar weer de challenge aan om de winter door te komen zonder de warming aan te zetten. Hiervoor ging mijn essential, een warmwaterkruik 💦, kapot. In deze reel laat ik je zien hoe ik een ‘nieuwe’ tweedehands kruik kocht. Vandaag te lezen op whenateengoesgreen.com: een inspirerende documentary over Greta Thunberg: I am Greta. Een documentaire over hoop, maar vooral over doorzettingsvermogen 🔥. Lees het nu via de link in mijn bio. Meer vegan producten in de schappen, yay! Gisteren probeerde ik voor het eerst de vegan lentil tikki masala saus van Patak’s 🧑🏼‍🍳. Zie in deze reel wat ik ervan vond. Vandaag verscheen er een nieuw artikel op mijn blog over: 5 dingen die ik niet koop. Want we denken vaak dat we dingen écht nodig hebben, maar vaak is dat niet zo 🧠. Check het artikel via de link in miijn bio. Vorige week verscheen er een artikel op mijn blog over alles wat ik nieuw kocht in 2022. Dat is een groot deel van mijn negatieve impact. Deze week was het tijd om te kijken naar de andere kant van de medaille. Vandaag lees je op mijn blog een artikel over al mijn positive impact in 2022 🌞. Je vind de link naar het artikel in de link in mijn bio. Afgelopen week verscheen er op mijn blog een artikel over alles wat ik nieuw heb gekocht in 2022. Eén ding op de lijst waren deze onderbroeken (een stuk of 20). En nu denk je misschien: waarom zou je in één keer zoveel onderbroeken kopen? Op 31 december, nog net op de valreep in 2022, kwam er een video online op mijn Youtube-kanaal over voedselcoöperaties. Ik denk namelijk dat voedselcoöperaties ons voedselsysteem democratischer en eerlijker kunnen maken 🥦.

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