Some people fear a painful death after a prolonged battle with cancer. Others, when they envision the worst possible demise, picture a horrifying car crash. Me? There is nothing I fear more than the idea of dying at the gym. I can picture it too well: One minute, I’m on the elliptical, maybe a little sweaty and winded, but definitely alive. And the next, I’m slumped over the still-rotating pedals, Rihanna blaring in the background as a semi-circle of physically fit gay men look pityingly upon my prone body until it slides off the machine, motionless…

Spring is the right time to move your workout outdoors.

We’ve all got ‘em: cell phone randos. People we’ve met, who have given us their numbers, never to be heard from again. A writer purges the lost, obsolete and forgotten members of her cell contacts list.

What we talk about when we talk about cell phone contacts…

Don’t let your dirty laundry be a dirty environmental habit. A single load in the washing machine can use up to 40 gallons of water. You can’t stop washing your clothes altogether (this is, after all, spring cleaning month), but you can follow a few tips to save water, choose greener products, or even go low-tech.

Spring Cleaning: Hang Up Your Laundry Habits

The only thing worse than a hangover is the guilt and self-loathing that can come with it.

And where does that take most of us? Why, straight to the couch with a big bag of chips, or some other crap we’re craving that can leave us feeling worse than before—as we try desperately to fill that hangover hole in our hearts. This got us thinking: Short of avoiding hangovers altogether (genius!), there has to be a more holistic approach to dealing with them when they happen.

Bookmark this today so you’ll have it tomorrow morning: 10 Healthy Ways to Help a Hangover

After 15 years and thousands of dollars in creams and gels and dermatologists and medications and microdermabrasion and infomercial impulse buys, I decided to go the full hippie and renounce all commercial skincare products. I gathered every bottle, tube, and pot of store-bought product (and there are a lot of them after all that trial-and-error) and put them in a drawer, then decided on a couple of ground rules: Nothing goes on my face that I wouldn’t eat. And the materials are cheap. 

Learn how to make your own easy, cheap, and edible facial products at GOOD.is

The first task of your month-long clean-a-thon, i.e. our new GOOD 30-Day Challenge, is to overhaul your rations and provisions. Consider the environmental impact of your bottled water habit and your stash of cheese balls. And while you’re at it, make us some homemade pickles. 

Don’t just throw away the moldy bread and the two-year old Halloween candy; do some pantry soul-searching. 

Cleaning and organizing are, of course, most closely associated with places like your closet and kitchen. But the fact is that messes are never strictly quarantined to your living spaces. Clutter can take over your email inbox, your car, your desk at the office, and even your social media spaces. And just as a disheveled bedroom can make it hard to relax, a disheveled, chaotic life can make it difficult to do even the most basic things. Over the next four weeks, we’re going to be offering up dozens of ways to help you eliminate the madness in your world and get orderly.

For this month’s GOOD 30-Day Challenge, we’re asking you to join us for a month of spring cleaning.