The only sort of product I can recommend in good conscience

My advice is almost always to not buy stuff....but I make a few exceptions.

I know my whole M.O. is finding ways out of consumer culture, and I’m always harping on about how you don’t need to buy things to get organized.

But every now and then I find a product that is such a game changer, I can’t help but tell everyone I know to buy it. My contrariness is part of my mystique, you see.

Longtime readers know I’m not one to recommend products very often. But when a single product helps you get rid of several things, I cannot resist. The math is just too appealing to resist.

Here I am today with two of these mythical products.

1. Sock replacements

The first one doesn’t look like much, but bear with me:

You are not wrong to wonder: wtf is this?

This is a sock that stays in your shoe, called Gekks. It has a sticky back and bottom, and you put it in your slip-on shoes, and it stays there. Forever.

I know, seems gross but it somehow isn’t. The moisture-wicking fiber is woven with silver thread, which apparently acts as an antimicrobial. I’m sure Instagram bombarded me…