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The Expired Soy Sauce at the Back of the Cupboard: Using Expiry Reminders and Falling Leaves So Your Stock Doesn't Go to Waste

We stock up for peace of mind, and then find it all expired when we finally dig it out. Why do food, medicine and skincare quietly expire at the back of the cupboard? Drawing on MononoMori's Expiry Date, Expiry Reminder and Falling Leaves, this issue looks at how to remember what you have before it's too late to use it.

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Life & Features

A 8-part series that puts each MononoMori feature back into everyday life.

  1. No. 1 Not the Day You Let It Go, But the Years It Walked Beside You: Memory Forest & Time Chapters
  2. No. 2 The Hardest Part of Emergency Kits Isn't Day One—It's Years Later: Organizing Life's Preparedness with Baskets
  3. No. 3 Beyond 'Cost Per Use': Honoring Every Moment an Object Walked Beside You with Tree Rings
  4. No. 4 It's Never the Item We Can't Let Go Of, But the Days We Fear Losing: Farewell Rituals and the Memory Forest
  5. No. 5 After You Tidy Your Home, Keep a Quiet Blueprint of Life
  6. No. 6 You Already Had One, and Bought Another: Making "Check Before You Buy" a Habit with Locations and Search
  7. No. 7 The Expired Soy Sauce at the Back of the Cupboard: Using Expiry Reminders and Falling Leaves So Your Stock Doesn't Go to Waste
  8. No. 8 What's Actually in That Box? Settling Seasonal and Moving Boxes with Sub-locations and Hibernation

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