Topic: Around the House

Welcome to the Urban Survivalist, Blisstree’s new how-to video series that will cover many things you need to know how to do yourself in order to simplify your life and save money and time. Okay, maybe not time, exactly. But you will save money – and you’ll definitely save face. Now, you may think that learning to fix a skirt hem or sew a hook-and-eye sound like awfully crafty June Cleaver-esque things to do while Ward’s at the office competently trying to bring home the bacon. Not so. This series isn’t about reviving the stereotype of a 1950s suburban housewife; it’s about self-improvement. And actually, learning how to master these fairly simple DIY projects will, I think, help us all to feel more empowered and self-sufficient, which can only be beneficial to our state of mental health and well-being. After all, why should we give our hard-earned money to someone to do something that we’re perfectly capable of doing ourselves? Sure, we’re all really busy, and – stay-at-home mom or not – few of us have June Cleaver’s kind of free time on our hands. But for most of us, it just doesn’t make good financial sense to outsource every single chore in our lives that needs to be done on a daily basis. And I don’t think that gaining a negligible amount of time is worth sacrificing our independence, self-sufficiency, versatility, and know-how. Soon, we’ll all be changing our own tires on the side of the road and rewiring our entire houses. More »