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Choosing Healthier Products for a Better Life

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We need to first of all that "Environmentally Friendly" is not just for the Environment, it is for our own personal health.  Toxic is TOXIC.  Toxic Laundry detergents aren't just going down the drain to pollute out drinking water, but it is also being worn directly on our bodies and being breathed in and absorbed by our skin into our bodies. Who is the EWG?  Environmental Working Group ( http://www.ewg.org/) ( Wikipedia Page ) Environmentally Friendly + Healthier Cleaning Tips (PDF) How to make your own homemade kitchen cleaner Bathroom cleaner Use better Cleaning tools like an abrasive scrub brush, squeegee, cloth The 10 Safest Laundry Detergents You Can Use  (Reader's Digest's Recommendations) Safest laundry detergent overall:   Molly’s Suds Unscented Detergent Powder Best powder:   Charlie’s Soap Laundry Powder Best detergent pods:  Dropps Detergent Pods Best detergent sheets:   Grove Co. Laundry Detergent Sheets Best for deep cleaning:   Tide Hygienic Clean He

Blackout at the Cafe

As I sit in the cafe I usually don't bring a laptop, but having technology allows me to output my thoughts in a more organized way that allows me to keep my sanity sometimes.  Otherwise the thoughts go round and round inside my head and with no escape it can get quite noisy.  Being able to output it into an understandable and organized form allows me to center myself. I took out my laptop, and my phone.  I plugged in my external battery pack to my phone and I started my hotspot.  I opened up my computer, and I was ready. Then the lights and music of the cafe suddenly shut down.  I had already had my coffee.  I already had my biscotti, I already had my cornetto.  So I was unaffected by the power outage event.  My computer still worked, my internet was independent.  I was part of a different system.  And because of that I was unaffected.  But had I been reliant on the system that everyone else was on at that point in time I would have been affected. It's a reminder that being con