WEBVTT 00:00:00.651 --> 00:00:02.967 Hey everybody! Rob Greenfield, here, and 00:00:02.967 --> 00:00:06.786 this is everything I own. Everything I 00:00:06.786 --> 00:00:09.637 own is sitting on this table right here. 00:00:09.637 --> 00:00:13.310 And fits into this 1 backpack. 00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:16.047 Today I am going to show you what I 00:00:16.047 --> 00:00:18.485 own and share why I own these things and 00:00:18.485 --> 00:00:20.282 some lessons to go along with them. 00:00:20.282 --> 00:00:22.931 Now, when I say this is everything I own, 00:00:22.931 --> 00:00:25.466 I truly mean it. It means there is 00:00:25.466 --> 00:00:27.499 nothing stored in other places. 00:00:27.499 --> 00:00:29.650 Nothing stored at family or friends. 00:00:29.650 --> 00:00:31.734 And I don't even actually have a bank 00:00:31.734 --> 00:00:33.970 account, a credit card... many other 00:00:33.970 --> 00:00:36.702 things. All of my money is also right 00:00:36.702 --> 00:00:38.767 here on this table. 00:00:38.767 --> 00:00:40.755 This is literally everything I own 00:00:40.755 --> 00:00:42.991 and it's about 43 possessions. 00:00:42.991 --> 00:00:48.778 My net worth, right now, is about $5 500 00:00:48.778 --> 00:00:50.925 to $6 000. 00:00:50.925 --> 00:00:53.142 There's $5 000 in this envelope and 00:00:53.142 --> 00:00:56.510 everything, here, is worth substantially 00:00:56.510 --> 00:00:58.039 less than $1 000. 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:00.025 This is it and I'm going to show you 00:01:00.025 --> 00:01:01.540 the different things. 00:01:01.540 --> 00:01:03.520 I'm going to go ahead and start with 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:05.247 my clothes. First, I'm wearing 2 00:01:05.247 --> 00:01:07.965 articles of clothing. I have my shorts 00:01:07.965 --> 00:01:09.933 and I have my shirt on. 00:01:09.933 --> 00:01:14.332 Along with that I have 4 more shirts. 00:01:14.332 --> 00:01:17.418 All the same, except one of them is long 00:01:17.418 --> 00:01:19.268 sleeved. The other 4 are short 00:01:19.268 --> 00:01:22.105 sleeved. These are bamboo cotton blend. 00:01:22.105 --> 00:01:24.805 One of my goals is to be basically 00:01:24.805 --> 00:01:28.522 biodegradable. My goal is that when I die 00:01:28.522 --> 00:01:31.606 hopefully if I can be in the woods or out 00:01:31.606 --> 00:01:33.876 on the ocean and if I fall into the ocean 00:01:33.876 --> 00:01:35.977 or I die in the woods, I just simply 00:01:35.977 --> 00:01:38.213 return to the earth rather than 00:01:38.213 --> 00:01:41.382 littering, as I die, by wearing plastic clothing. 00:01:41.382 --> 00:01:43.144 One of my goals is for 00:01:43.144 --> 00:01:45.513 almost everything I own to be 00:01:45.513 --> 00:01:48.713 biodegradable. To be a single, or 00:01:48.713 --> 00:01:51.668 multiple, like a few simple ingredients 00:01:51.668 --> 00:01:53.416 straight from the earth. 00:01:53.416 --> 00:01:55.801 Bamboo and cotton is one example of that. 00:01:55.801 --> 00:01:59.134 My sweater is a wool sweater. 00:01:59.134 --> 00:02:01.701 Thrift store, I think $10 or $11. 00:02:01.701 --> 00:02:06.604 That's my main source of warmth. 00:02:06.604 --> 00:02:11.207 I have 2 pairs of underwear which are 00:02:11.207 --> 00:02:14.753 plastic, not natural fibres. 00:02:14.753 --> 00:02:18.007 A second pair of shorts, also plastic. 00:02:18.007 --> 00:02:21.710 I have a pair of socks and these socks are 00:02:21.710 --> 00:02:25.445 actually my boy scout socks from when I 00:02:25.445 --> 00:02:27.663 was in high school or middle school. 00:02:27.663 --> 00:02:30.797 So these are 20 years old? Possibly? 00:02:30.797 --> 00:02:33.230 No, 15 years old? 00:02:33.230 --> 00:02:35.431 My clothes fit into this little cotton 00:02:35.431 --> 00:02:37.451 bag. This is my clothes bag. I don't think 00:02:37.451 --> 00:02:39.215 the sweater would fit in here, but 00:02:39.215 --> 00:02:41.952 everything else fits into there. 00:02:41.952 --> 00:02:44.569 And, that's it for clothes! 00:02:44.569 --> 00:02:47.018 One thing to point out. I'm in a warm 00:02:47.018 --> 00:02:49.352 climate right now. I lived in Florida 00:02:49.352 --> 00:02:51.556 before, while I was doing my year of 00:02:51.556 --> 00:02:53.472 growing and foraging all of my food, so 00:02:53.472 --> 00:02:55.651 I designed my life to be where I am. 00:02:55.651 --> 00:02:57.557 I don't design my life to be in a cold 00:02:57.557 --> 00:02:59.673 climate because I am not in a cold climate. 00:02:59.673 --> 00:03:02.093 Wherever you are, you have to do things 00:03:02.093 --> 00:03:05.012 that make sense. Apply common sense, 00:03:05.012 --> 00:03:07.828 critical thinking, problem solving to 00:03:07.828 --> 00:03:09.129 wherever you are. 00:03:09.129 --> 00:03:11.647 For example, a month from now I will 00:03:11.647 --> 00:03:13.682 be in western Europe. I'll be in Germany 00:03:13.682 --> 00:03:15.449 where it's going to be cold. I'm 00:03:15.449 --> 00:03:17.375 going to have to get some warm clothes. 00:03:17.375 --> 00:03:19.900 Right now, I own 43 possessions but 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:22.017 that will fluctuate. My goal is, 00:03:22.017 --> 00:03:26.036 one day, to have no possessions. So, 43 00:03:26.036 --> 00:03:29.020 less possessions and at times I'm going to 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:31.073 have more possessions. When I'm on tour 00:03:31.073 --> 00:03:33.706 in Europe speaking, maybe it will be 00:03:33.706 --> 00:03:36.239 double to 80 possessions. We will see. 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:38.360 But the point is that wherever you are, 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.258 whatever climate you are in, you have 00:03:40.258 --> 00:03:42.307 to adapt to that climate. 00:03:42.307 --> 00:03:44.310 My other item of clothing, you could 00:03:44.310 --> 00:03:47.345 say, is my sandals. Very simple. 00:03:47.345 --> 00:03:49.729 I'm mostly barefoot. I try to be barefoot 00:03:49.729 --> 00:03:52.897 as much as I possibly can, which is a vast 00:03:52.897 --> 00:03:55.564 majority of the time. And these provide 00:03:55.564 --> 00:03:58.931 very simple cover to my feet. 00:03:58.931 --> 00:04:01.633 These are the soles but our feet 00:04:01.633 --> 00:04:03.453 naturally have soles. They're called 00:04:03.453 --> 00:04:05.919 callouses and I won't go too deep into 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.503 that, but to sum it up, I believe that 00:04:08.503 --> 00:04:10.686 the human body was designed over 00:04:10.686 --> 00:04:12.620 10's of 1000's... 100's of 1,000's 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:15.388 of years to really work. So, all I do is 00:04:15.388 --> 00:04:17.906 I believe that my feet work. 00:04:17.906 --> 00:04:20.240 It's actually not that crazy. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.226 Let's see, what do I want to show next? 00:04:23.226 --> 00:04:27.544 Okay, so I have a little towel. If I have 00:04:27.544 --> 00:04:31.412 a cold, this works as a towel for that, a 00:04:31.412 --> 00:04:34.246 handkerchief. I use this for washing 00:04:34.246 --> 00:04:38.680 dishes and things like that, so multi- purposed. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.564 One of the keys is for things to be 00:04:40.564 --> 00:04:43.935 usable for many functions. A lot of the 00:04:43.935 --> 00:04:47.435 things that I have, maybe it's one 00:04:47.435 --> 00:04:49.267 possession, but I can use it in many 00:04:49.267 --> 00:04:50.887 different ways. 00:04:50.887 --> 00:04:52.787 This is probably one of the great 00:04:52.787 --> 00:04:55.554 possessions that I have, and this is my 00:04:55.554 --> 00:05:00.797 pot, and it's my bowl, and it's my 'to go' 00:05:00.797 --> 00:05:02.507 container. It's what I can put my 00:05:02.507 --> 00:05:05.458 leftovers in. A lot of people who 00:05:05.458 --> 00:05:07.559 are striving for zero waste, they'll carry 00:05:07.559 --> 00:05:09.743 a reusable bowl. This is basically that 00:05:09.743 --> 00:05:11.658 except it is also a pot so that when I 00:05:11.658 --> 00:05:13.546 am travelling and I am somewhere where 00:05:13.546 --> 00:05:15.764 there is no pot or pan I can cook. 00:05:15.764 --> 00:05:17.795 And I can also cook over a fire with it. 00:05:17.795 --> 00:05:21.899 I washed this with steel wool so it keeps 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:24.099 it really shiny, but I've been using this 00:05:24.099 --> 00:05:27.983 for...I'm not sure how long, but probably 00:05:27.983 --> 00:05:30.669 5 to 10 years. It's one of my oldest 00:05:30.669 --> 00:05:33.035 possessions right now. So this is a 00:05:33.035 --> 00:05:35.369 really important possession in my life. 00:05:35.369 --> 00:05:38.104 And when I say important, not a single 00:05:38.104 --> 00:05:40.126 thing here is irreplaceable. 00:05:40.126 --> 00:05:42.105 I actually don't own a single thing that 00:05:42.105 --> 00:05:47.857 is sentimental. Every single thing, here, 00:05:47.857 --> 00:05:50.158 has a purpose and has value to me in the 00:05:50.158 --> 00:05:52.527 sense that it allows me to live out things 00:05:52.527 --> 00:05:54.330 that I am trying to do, but there is 00:05:54.330 --> 00:05:56.354 actually not a single item, here, that is 00:05:56.354 --> 00:05:58.428 sentimental. If I lost all of this 00:05:58.428 --> 00:06:00.813 tomorrow there'd be some issues I'd have 00:06:00.813 --> 00:06:02.481 to deal with but it would have no 00:06:02.481 --> 00:06:05.549 sentimental aspect to it. 00:06:05.549 --> 00:06:08.082 Another thing that I have is, 00:06:08.082 --> 00:06:12.218 rather than disposable bottles, 00:06:12.218 --> 00:06:14.550 I carry this. A reusable water bottle. 00:06:14.550 --> 00:06:16.466 It is also a thermos so I can carry hot 00:06:16.466 --> 00:06:19.719 beverages or soup. This is my cup 00:06:19.719 --> 00:06:24.156 wherever I go. One important possession. 00:06:24.156 --> 00:06:27.073 I often just have a simple glass jar, too. 00:06:27.073 --> 00:06:29.908 Which is better, but actually...well, 00:06:29.908 --> 00:06:33.709 I got this because someone lost it and I 00:06:33.709 --> 00:06:36.377 found it and there was no owner to claim 00:06:36.377 --> 00:06:38.398 it, so that's why I have this, but usually 00:06:38.398 --> 00:06:41.582 I just have a jar. A mason jar. 00:06:41.582 --> 00:06:45.013 Another eating utensil. A spoon. 00:06:45.013 --> 00:06:46.898 Sometimes I have a spoon and a fork. 00:06:46.898 --> 00:06:49.598 You don't need awesome bamboo forks and 00:06:49.598 --> 00:06:52.150 spoons, they're cool, but go to a thrift 00:06:52.150 --> 00:06:54.400 store. 25 cents. Or open your drawer. 00:06:54.400 --> 00:06:58.085 You have spoons and forks to travel with 00:06:58.085 --> 00:07:00.319 already. Normally, one of my possessions 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.455 is a leatherman, a multi-tool, but I don't 00:07:03.455 --> 00:07:05.105 have that because this year I am 00:07:05.105 --> 00:07:07.638 travelling, using planes, and everything 00:07:07.638 --> 00:07:09.684 is carry on so I can't carry a knife. 00:07:09.684 --> 00:07:11.708 Otherwise, that would absolutely be one of 00:07:11.708 --> 00:07:14.795 my key possessions. 00:07:14.795 --> 00:07:18.211 Next, I will show...this is a reusable 00:07:18.211 --> 00:07:21.146 bag as well. I keep using the word 00:07:21.146 --> 00:07:23.805 reusable. Of course it is reusable, but 00:07:23.805 --> 00:07:26.064 what I mean is, for a lot of people who 00:07:26.064 --> 00:07:27.930 are getting plastic bags at the store, 00:07:27.930 --> 00:07:30.298 you can use a reusable shopping bag. 00:07:30.298 --> 00:07:32.866 Now, this can be used for grocery 00:07:32.866 --> 00:07:39.087 shopping, This is basically like 00:07:39.087 --> 00:07:41.337 my day pack. So, that I don't have to 00:07:41.337 --> 00:07:43.324 take everything out of here, I have this 00:07:43.324 --> 00:07:45.356 small pack that I can carry as well. 00:07:45.356 --> 00:07:47.339 Both of these backpacks were given to me 00:07:47.339 --> 00:07:50.540 by a friend who gets backpacks that are 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:53.057 going to be thrown away and he repurposes 00:07:53.057 --> 00:07:54.734 them and makes things out of them 00:07:54.734 --> 00:07:56.645 instead. I actually took these because 00:07:56.645 --> 00:07:58.143 they are still good. 00:07:58.143 --> 00:08:04.644 I have my computer. And computers can 00:08:04.644 --> 00:08:06.422 be expensive. This would be my most 00:08:06.422 --> 00:08:09.270 expensive item but I buy them used on 00:08:09.270 --> 00:08:11.325 Craigslist. This was, I think, about 00:08:11.325 --> 00:08:14.199 $300. It's a 2014, so it is 6 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:20.887 years old. And so, if I break this, or it 00:08:20.887 --> 00:08:22.953 gets stolen, then I just need about $300 00:08:22.953 --> 00:08:27.503 to get another used 1 of these. 00:08:27.503 --> 00:08:31.136 There's the charger to go with that. 00:08:31.136 --> 00:08:33.180 I am counting the charger and the computer 00:08:33.180 --> 00:08:35.239 as 1 possession at the advisement of 00:08:35.239 --> 00:08:37.108 many of my friends who say that is 1 00:08:37.108 --> 00:08:39.015 possession. But if you want to call it 00:08:39.015 --> 00:08:42.026 2, you know, the 43 is a little bit 00:08:42.026 --> 00:08:47.295 subjective. You can decide what you want. 00:08:47.295 --> 00:08:49.463 I am going to show you 1 possession, my 00:08:49.463 --> 00:08:51.496 earplugs, to help me with sleeping. There 00:08:51.496 --> 00:08:53.781 are 6 pairs in there. I am going to 00:08:53.781 --> 00:08:55.875 call it 1. Part of me wants to call it 00:08:55.875 --> 00:08:57.982 6, so, you could say I have anywhere 00:08:57.982 --> 00:09:00.051 between...depending on how you do it, 00:09:00.051 --> 00:09:02.786 you could say I have between 30 and 70 00:09:02.786 --> 00:09:04.751 possessions, just depending on how you 00:09:04.751 --> 00:09:06.902 want to count it. 00:09:06.902 --> 00:09:13.856 And then my headphones, so this is, at 00:09:13.856 --> 00:09:16.409 this moment, literally, the only 00:09:16.409 --> 00:09:18.842 electronic items that I own. This is it. 00:09:18.842 --> 00:09:21.377 I usually have a headlamp as well but 00:09:21.377 --> 00:09:23.188 right now I'm not carrying a headlamp 00:09:23.188 --> 00:09:24.774 because I am really enjoying the 00:09:24.774 --> 00:09:26.430 simplicity of this being the only 00:09:26.430 --> 00:09:28.610 electronic items that I own. 00:09:28.610 --> 00:09:32.030 This is a little cotton bag that I put my 00:09:32.030 --> 00:09:34.263 headphones and the charger in. 00:09:34.263 --> 00:09:36.981 That is another possession. 00:09:36.981 --> 00:09:38.911 I've got my notebook, which is an 00:09:38.911 --> 00:09:40.833 important possession for me. 00:09:40.833 --> 00:09:43.051 I do a lot of writing and I try to 00:09:43.051 --> 00:09:45.135 minimize my time on technology, on 00:09:45.135 --> 00:09:47.669 my computer, so this notebook is a great 00:09:47.669 --> 00:09:50.419 tool for me to be able to write by hand 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:52.437 rather than on the computer. 00:09:52.437 --> 00:09:54.368 My goal is to move away from technology 00:09:54.368 --> 00:09:56.406 as much as I possibly can. 00:09:56.406 --> 00:09:58.673 Lots in here, I have my 'to do' lists 00:09:58.673 --> 00:10:00.939 and things like that in there. I got this 00:10:00.939 --> 00:10:02.746 at a thrift store. I think it was 00:10:02.746 --> 00:10:04.715 $1.10 which is a little expensive 00:10:04.715 --> 00:10:07.959 for a notebook, actually. (laughs) 00:10:07.959 --> 00:10:11.935 Let's see, reading. My goal is to 00:10:11.935 --> 00:10:13.930 generally be carrying 1 book at a time. 00:10:13.930 --> 00:10:15.804 Right now I am reading the Omnivore's 00:10:15.804 --> 00:10:17.748 Dilemma by Michael Pollan. One of my 00:10:17.748 --> 00:10:19.695 favorite authors, one of my favorite 00:10:19.695 --> 00:10:21.631 books. I am reading it again. 00:10:21.631 --> 00:10:26.403 You can see, in here, just all these 00:10:26.403 --> 00:10:28.318 earmarks. There's just so much I'm 00:10:28.318 --> 00:10:30.603 learning from here. So much important 00:10:30.603 --> 00:10:32.087 information. 00:10:32.087 --> 00:10:34.619 And then I have my bookmark. This is a 00:10:34.619 --> 00:10:36.687 postcard of Gandhi that I got at the 00:10:36.687 --> 00:10:41.773 Martin Luther King centre in Atlanta 4 00:10:41.773 --> 00:10:44.481 years ago. And I keep this with me. Just 00:10:44.481 --> 00:10:46.559 nice remembrance of someone that I love 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.644 very much. Oh! One thing I didn't count 00:10:50.644 --> 00:10:53.477 as a possession, is on my computer. 00:10:53.477 --> 00:10:55.677 I always forget about this possession. 00:10:55.677 --> 00:10:57.697 It's a bumper sticker that says "We must 00:10:57.697 --> 00:11:00.165 be the change we wish to see in the world." 00:11:00.165 --> 00:11:03.499 And, technically, that's a possession. 00:11:03.499 --> 00:11:05.933 So, I guess I'm up to 44. I always forget 00:11:05.933 --> 00:11:08.786 about that one! 44, actually, that's a 00:11:08.786 --> 00:11:11.120 great number! Thanks Gandhi! 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:14.554 Okay, a couple other things. 00:11:14.554 --> 00:11:18.553 Let's see, I am going to go into my 00:11:18.553 --> 00:11:20.889 hygiene now. I practice a very simple 00:11:20.889 --> 00:11:23.231 hygiene. I think that this body functions. 00:11:23.231 --> 00:11:24.974 Just like I think my feet function, 00:11:24.974 --> 00:11:26.727 I think my body functions. I don't 00:11:26.727 --> 00:11:28.594 believe... Old Spice, I don't believe 00:11:28.594 --> 00:11:30.609 that I am better off because of it. 00:11:30.609 --> 00:11:32.548 And I don't believe that I need it in 00:11:32.548 --> 00:11:34.595 order to be an important member of society. 00:11:34.595 --> 00:11:38.396 I haven't used deodorant for about 8 00:11:38.396 --> 00:11:41.782 years now and I hug 1 000s of people 00:11:41.782 --> 00:11:45.115 a year and sometimes I smell a little 00:11:45.115 --> 00:11:48.301 bit but I also think a little bit of 00:11:48.301 --> 00:11:51.085 smell is just fine. I won't go super 00:11:51.085 --> 00:11:53.669 deep into that, but all of my personal 00:11:53.669 --> 00:11:55.602 hygiene items are on this table. 00:11:55.602 --> 00:11:58.136 I very much simplified it. Again, 00:11:58.136 --> 00:12:01.591 as a man with very little hair it is 00:12:01.591 --> 00:12:03.723 different than as a woman, or a man, with 00:12:03.723 --> 00:12:05.755 long, flowing, beautiful hair. 00:12:05.755 --> 00:12:07.440 So, everybody is different. 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.257 But the point is, is that there are so 00:12:10.257 --> 00:12:12.242 many ways we can reduce. Do we need 00:12:12.242 --> 00:12:15.845 suave in order to be contributing members 00:12:15.845 --> 00:12:17.944 of society? I don't think so, whether we 00:12:17.944 --> 00:12:19.758 have long hair or short hair. 00:12:19.758 --> 00:12:21.747 And there are plenty of women out there 00:12:21.747 --> 00:12:23.933 who are examples of that who have said 00:12:23.933 --> 00:12:26.049 "I don't need that system. I can stand 00:12:26.049 --> 00:12:28.065 outside of it, as well." 00:12:28.065 --> 00:12:31.517 So, we will start with hair, actually. 00:12:31.517 --> 00:12:34.017 How do I cut. my hair? As I said, 00:12:34.017 --> 00:12:35.938 I try to use as few electronic items as 00:12:35.938 --> 00:12:38.302 possible. So, I've got this old school, 00:12:38.302 --> 00:12:41.636 vintage, hand-held buzzer. How it 00:12:41.636 --> 00:12:44.256 works is I squeeze it and then there are 00:12:44.256 --> 00:12:47.911 blades, here, and then it cuts my hair. 00:12:47.911 --> 00:12:50.959 I can do it as super short, but I 00:12:50.959 --> 00:12:53.825 actually took a plastic piece from a new 00:12:53.825 --> 00:12:56.027 one and that's how it works. It just 00:12:56.027 --> 00:12:58.145 squeezes. Just like that. 00:12:58.145 --> 00:12:59.988 And I will have a video on my channel 00:12:59.988 --> 00:13:01.949 about that. The off the grid zero waste 00:13:01.949 --> 00:13:05.913 haircut. So, that is a pretty sweet 00:13:05.913 --> 00:13:07.897 thing. I think this is about 50 years 00:13:07.897 --> 00:13:10.314 old. I don't think they are 00:13:10.314 --> 00:13:12.132 made anymore. You can only get 00:13:12.132 --> 00:13:14.984 vintage ones and I got this online. 00:13:14.984 --> 00:13:18.319 Oh, and that goes inside of this bag. 00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:20.387 So, that's another possession, the bag. 00:13:20.387 --> 00:13:23.870 Which is hemp, I believe. 00:13:23.870 --> 00:13:26.187 I also have these little scissors. These 00:13:26.187 --> 00:13:28.372 have come in handy so much, since I don't 00:13:28.372 --> 00:13:30.373 have my multi-tool anymore. 00:13:30.373 --> 00:13:32.374 These are probably one of my most commonly 00:13:32.374 --> 00:13:34.391 used possessions. I use it for trimming 00:13:34.391 --> 00:13:38.027 the beard, the ears, the hairline. 00:13:38.027 --> 00:13:42.612 But I use it for so many different 00:13:42.612 --> 00:13:45.278 things. When I'm repairing 00:13:45.278 --> 00:13:47.340 things, repairing my clothes, things like 00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:49.708 that. So, really great. 00:13:49.708 --> 00:13:51.670 I also grabbed this from my mom's house. 00:13:51.670 --> 00:13:53.669 She had 3 or 4 of them so I asked 00:13:53.669 --> 00:13:55.540 if I could have one of these pairs of 00:13:55.540 --> 00:13:57.561 scissors. A nice little memory of my mom. 00:13:57.561 --> 00:13:59.183 Hi mom, I love you. 00:13:59.183 --> 00:14:01.369 One of the ways that I use this is for 00:14:01.369 --> 00:14:05.152 my dental floss. My dental floss 00:14:05.152 --> 00:14:07.038 does not have a plastic container 00:14:07.038 --> 00:14:10.270 surrounding it. Instead, it's just this 00:14:10.270 --> 00:14:13.789 little roll and then I just cut it with 00:14:13.789 --> 00:14:16.256 the scissors. And what's really 00:14:16.256 --> 00:14:18.214 great about this dental floss is this is 00:14:18.214 --> 00:14:21.009 made out of silk so this is not plastic. 00:14:21.009 --> 00:14:24.060 And this goes right into the compost pile 00:14:24.060 --> 00:14:26.578 as well. So, there are very few ways that 00:14:26.578 --> 00:14:28.779 I create trash. I minimize them, the ways 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:30.929 that I create trash. And you'll see that 00:14:30.929 --> 00:14:33.266 is a big part of the possessions that I own. 00:14:33.266 --> 00:14:35.290 (skip in audio)...alternative to it but 00:14:35.290 --> 00:14:37.129 for now I'm sticking to this plastic. 00:14:37.129 --> 00:14:39.156 To be honest, I don't feel bad about that. 00:14:39.156 --> 00:14:41.104 I'm not trying to be perfect. I'm just 00:14:41.104 --> 00:14:43.053 trying to do a really good job and I 00:14:43.053 --> 00:14:45.170 think I'm doing pretty good, so I'm happy. 00:14:45.170 --> 00:14:47.470 So, that's the toothbrush. 00:14:47.470 --> 00:14:50.404 For toothpaste, I also buy my toothpaste. 00:14:50.404 --> 00:14:52.730 I buy a brand called Jason Power Smile. 00:14:52.730 --> 00:14:55.390 Not because I have any connection 00:14:55.390 --> 00:14:57.807 to them, just because I've been using it 00:14:57.807 --> 00:14:59.735 for 5 years and I really love it. 00:14:59.735 --> 00:15:03.026 (smells it) Oh, it's great. I love it. 00:15:03.026 --> 00:15:05.266 And what I do, is I take it out and I 00:15:05.266 --> 00:15:08.211 put it into a glass jar for multiple 00:15:08.211 --> 00:15:11.213 reasons. I buy it in 6 ounces. I am 00:15:11.213 --> 00:15:13.190 travelling right now and you can't carry 00:15:13.190 --> 00:15:14.948 a 6 oz thing. And also because 00:15:14.948 --> 00:15:16.881 plastic, when it heats and cools , can 00:15:16.881 --> 00:15:18.879 release the plastic and this way it's in 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.801 glass for it's life. So, this is another 00:15:22.801 --> 00:15:24.732 one of those luxuries of life that I am 00:15:24.732 --> 00:15:27.344 sticking to. I can definitely make my own 00:15:27.344 --> 00:15:29.276 toothpaste. A lot of people do it and 00:15:29.276 --> 00:15:31.772 they like it. I have made it but it 00:15:31.772 --> 00:15:34.955 didn't beat this for me. 00:15:34.955 --> 00:15:36.839 I have my essential oil. This is 00:15:36.839 --> 00:15:39.440 something that I buy and I generally have 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.175 lavender or a blend that is very soothing. 00:15:43.175 --> 00:15:45.426 And that's what this is. I use this 00:15:45.426 --> 00:15:49.279 to help myself relax, often before 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.280 sleep, but throughout the day. Especially 00:15:52.280 --> 00:15:56.064 if I'm in stressful scenarios. Just being 00:15:56.064 --> 00:15:58.681 able to smell this, really is so helpful. 00:15:58.681 --> 00:16:01.282 This is a very important natural medicine 00:16:01.282 --> 00:16:03.968 for me. And the other essential oil that 00:16:03.968 --> 00:16:07.956 I am often carrying is tea tree, which is 00:16:07.956 --> 00:16:11.452 an antimicrobial that I use as a 00:16:11.452 --> 00:16:14.521 disinfectant and that's the other one that 00:16:14.521 --> 00:16:17.372 I'm usually carrying, but for now, I'm 00:16:17.372 --> 00:16:19.723 keeping life the simplest I've ever had 00:16:19.723 --> 00:16:21.940 it at 44 possessions. And so I just have 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:24.594 the one essential oil. 00:16:24.594 --> 00:16:29.329 I have a moisturizer. Basically you'd call 00:16:29.329 --> 00:16:31.528 it a body butter. This is also store 00:16:31.528 --> 00:16:33.798 bought. I have friends who make 00:16:33.798 --> 00:16:36.914 this but right now I have 00:16:36.914 --> 00:16:39.231 a store bought one for 00:16:39.231 --> 00:16:42.715 moisturizing, keeping myself young, taking 00:16:42.715 --> 00:16:46.050 care of the skin. And that's all natural, 00:16:46.050 --> 00:16:47.866 biodegradable. And speaking of 00:16:47.866 --> 00:16:51.638 biodegradable, my soap. Most people 00:16:51.638 --> 00:16:53.669 that I...a lot of the people that I visit 00:16:53.669 --> 00:16:56.722 use toxic soap. Toxic cleaning products. 00:16:56.722 --> 00:16:58.567 So, I like to carry my own soap. 00:16:58.567 --> 00:17:00.672 This is pretty much just for washing my 00:17:00.672 --> 00:17:02.579 hands and my dishes. I actually 00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:04.774 rarely use soap on my body because 00:17:04.774 --> 00:17:06.976 our body has a naturally functioning 00:17:06.976 --> 00:17:09.908 system with trillions of bacteria that are 00:17:09.908 --> 00:17:12.911 living in harmony with our skin. And a 00:17:12.911 --> 00:17:14.976 lot of our soaps and our products 00:17:14.976 --> 00:17:16.795 actually destroy that and make us 00:17:16.795 --> 00:17:18.778 dependent on that, but my body really 00:17:18.778 --> 00:17:20.863 functions without that. I've been living 00:17:20.863 --> 00:17:22.949 without soap on my body for, again, about 00:17:22.949 --> 00:17:25.267 8 years...7 years-ish. But I do use it 00:17:25.267 --> 00:17:28.399 for dishes, and for the hands and it's 00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:30.860 biodegradable and plant based, so this is 00:17:30.860 --> 00:17:33.353 grey water friendly. This can go onto 00:17:33.353 --> 00:17:36.187 the plants rather than going to a waste 00:17:36.187 --> 00:17:39.104 water treatment plant. 00:17:39.104 --> 00:17:41.688 I have earplugs, which I use for sleeping 00:17:41.688 --> 00:17:44.789 or when I'm travelling. For leaf blowers 00:17:44.789 --> 00:17:46.957 and lawn mowers and things like that. 00:17:46.957 --> 00:17:49.311 Those actually really improve my 00:17:49.311 --> 00:17:51.212 quality of life. It helps me get good 00:17:51.212 --> 00:17:53.193 sleep. I would love to exist completely 00:17:53.193 --> 00:17:56.895 without these but It's a tricky one, 00:17:56.895 --> 00:17:59.896 I get much better sleep with these. 00:17:59.896 --> 00:18:04.665 I have my fingernail clippers and 00:18:04.665 --> 00:18:06.632 that is it for natural hygiene. 00:18:06.632 --> 00:18:08.666 This little bit, right here. And it all 00:18:08.666 --> 00:18:11.932 fits into this natural fibre bag. 00:18:11.932 --> 00:18:15.768 So, natural hygiene is mostly from the 00:18:15.768 --> 00:18:17.953 sun, from the water, from the elements of 00:18:17.953 --> 00:18:20.587 the earth, from eating good food. 00:18:20.587 --> 00:18:24.340 Speaking of food, I carry tea with me. 00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:26.639 I like to have tea every morning and every 00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:28.775 night. A nice morning tea and an evening 00:18:28.775 --> 00:18:31.458 tea. This is chamomile. I really like to 00:18:31.458 --> 00:18:34.259 have that to just relax me at night. 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:39.828 And this was a tea ball but I 00:18:39.828 --> 00:18:43.948 lost half, so I just strain it. I make 00:18:43.948 --> 00:18:45.921 the tea in a pot and then I just pour it 00:18:45.921 --> 00:18:47.890 through this to get the tea without the 00:18:47.890 --> 00:18:49.969 chunks in it. Some people, like my friend 00:18:49.969 --> 00:18:52.076 Kathy, they just love the chunks in their 00:18:52.076 --> 00:18:54.551 tea. I like a nice smooth tea with no chunks. 00:18:54.551 --> 00:19:01.187 Last, but not least, I have my 00:19:01.187 --> 00:19:04.221 identification. I have my passport. 00:19:04.221 --> 00:19:07.486 I still travel internationally so 00:19:07.486 --> 00:19:09.421 this is a very important possession for 00:19:09.421 --> 00:19:11.722 me. I don't have a driver's license. 00:19:11.722 --> 00:19:14.225 I don't have a social security card. 00:19:14.225 --> 00:19:16.676 I do have a birth certificate. So these 00:19:16.676 --> 00:19:19.664 are my only two forms of identification. 00:19:19.664 --> 00:19:21.934 That means I don't need a wallet. 00:19:21.934 --> 00:19:24.513 I don't have all these bonus cards and 00:19:24.513 --> 00:19:26.763 things like that. If I had a wallet 00:19:26.763 --> 00:19:29.014 that had 100 different cards in 00:19:29.014 --> 00:19:30.697 it, that would be 100 different 00:19:30.697 --> 00:19:32.580 possessions but I don't have a wallet. 00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:34.532 I don't have any of those things. I got 00:19:34.532 --> 00:19:36.500 rid of all those things over the years. 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:38.333 So, these are my 2 forms of I.D. 00:19:38.333 --> 00:19:40.252 The reason that I have these is because, 00:19:40.252 --> 00:19:42.136 with these 2 forms of I.D., I can get 00:19:42.136 --> 00:19:45.237 other ones if I decide to. I got rid of 00:19:45.237 --> 00:19:48.705 all the other ones about 5 years ago-ish, 00:19:48.705 --> 00:19:51.523 so my 2 forms of I.D. My dream is to one 00:19:51.523 --> 00:19:54.523 day, again, have nothing, including this. 00:19:54.523 --> 00:19:56.517 Which would mean no longer being able to 00:19:56.517 --> 00:20:00.548 legally leave the country. There are ways 00:20:00.548 --> 00:20:03.095 around that, maybe, I have no experience 00:20:03.095 --> 00:20:04.845 with it, but I know there is. 00:20:04.845 --> 00:20:07.580 I believe that we are all human beings of 00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:09.998 this earth first and foremost. 00:20:09.998 --> 00:20:12.982 The borders come second to that. 00:20:12.982 --> 00:20:16.917 Lastly, my most valuable possession is my 00:20:16.917 --> 00:20:19.196 money. Although, I don't actually own 00:20:19.196 --> 00:20:21.201 this. Technically, the government owns 00:20:21.201 --> 00:20:23.486 the money. It's not my property. 00:20:23.486 --> 00:20:25.570 (Reading:) "This note is legal tender for 00:20:25.570 --> 00:20:28.253 all debts public and private." So, that 00:20:28.253 --> 00:20:31.103 wasn't the exact words I was looking for 00:20:31.103 --> 00:20:33.556 but I don't actually, technically, own 00:20:33.556 --> 00:20:35.740 this. But I do own this envelope, which I 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:38.326 took out of the garbage can, so I'm 00:20:38.326 --> 00:20:40.341 counting this as 1 possession. 00:20:40.341 --> 00:20:43.229 I have about $5 000 and I make 00:20:43.229 --> 00:20:45.191 the little bit of money that I make 00:20:45.191 --> 00:20:47.087 from public speaking. For all of 2020 00:20:47.087 --> 00:20:49.248 I am actually not making any money. This 00:20:49.248 --> 00:20:51.317 is going to get me through the entire year. 00:20:51.317 --> 00:20:53.492 100 % of my speaking honorariums for 00:20:53.492 --> 00:20:55.474 2020 are donated to indigenous and women 00:20:55.474 --> 00:20:57.682 led environmental non-profits. 00:20:57.682 --> 00:21:00.616 So, I literally mean this is all of my 00:21:00.616 --> 00:21:02.867 money. I have no bank account. 00:21:02.867 --> 00:21:05.936 No credit card. I have no savings account. 00:21:05.936 --> 00:21:09.536 I have no retirements fund. No Roth IRA's 00:21:09.536 --> 00:21:12.988 mutual funds. I have no debt that I owe 00:21:12.988 --> 00:21:17.040 to anyone else and no debt is owed to me. 00:21:17.040 --> 00:21:20.644 This is my financial life, right here. 00:21:20.644 --> 00:21:22.826 And, it's not a lot of money, but for me, 00:21:22.826 --> 00:21:25.442 this is actually a substantial amount of 00:21:25.442 --> 00:21:27.910 money and I am very comfortable with this. 00:21:27.910 --> 00:21:33.097 Now, you can look at this and say, okay, 00:21:33.097 --> 00:21:35.581 well what this really is is, he's just 00:21:35.581 --> 00:21:37.349 dependent on other people. 00:21:37.349 --> 00:21:39.065 Dependent upon humanity. 00:21:39.065 --> 00:21:41.650 And, yes, I am dependent on other people. 00:21:41.650 --> 00:21:44.049 I am dependent on humanity. 00:21:44.049 --> 00:21:47.165 Money makes it appear that we're not 00:21:47.165 --> 00:21:49.123 dependent on other people, but I believe 00:21:49.123 --> 00:21:51.373 that is just one big illusion. 00:21:51.373 --> 00:21:53.519 Every time you spend money there's someone 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:55.355 behind that. There are other creatures 00:21:55.355 --> 00:21:57.723 behind that. There's our world behind 00:21:57.723 --> 00:22:00.540 that but we're able to remove ourselves 00:22:00.540 --> 00:22:02.591 from that and consider ourselves 00:22:02.591 --> 00:22:05.209 independent. But the reality is, is we're 00:22:05.209 --> 00:22:07.510 not independent. We are completely 00:22:07.510 --> 00:22:10.012 dependent on our global humanity and 00:22:10.012 --> 00:22:11.913 that is what I've chosen to embrace 00:22:11.913 --> 00:22:14.497 through this way of life. I want to stand 00:22:14.497 --> 00:22:16.896 out against this idea of radical 00:22:16.896 --> 00:22:20.580 independence and stand for radical 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:22.750 connection to humanity. 00:22:22.750 --> 00:22:24.766 That's what I'm trying to show here, 00:22:24.766 --> 00:22:26.768 actually, is that we are dependent upon 00:22:26.768 --> 00:22:29.251 each other and we absolutely do need 00:22:29.251 --> 00:22:31.240 to work together. 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:33.720 At the same time I think that it is 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.649 important, as individuals, that we have 00:22:35.649 --> 00:22:37.706 skills. That we are resourceful. That we 00:22:37.706 --> 00:22:40.374 have common sense. That we critically 00:22:40.374 --> 00:22:42.307 think. And those are all things that 00:22:42.307 --> 00:22:44.024 I have established in myself. 00:22:44.024 --> 00:22:46.138 I know how to take care of my body. 00:22:46.138 --> 00:22:48.391 I'm not asking other people to do that. 00:22:48.391 --> 00:22:50.942 I've learned how to be able to take care 00:22:50.942 --> 00:22:53.144 of a lot of my own needs, so there is that 00:22:53.144 --> 00:22:55.912 form of independence, but only with the 00:22:55.912 --> 00:22:58.646 complete embracement, of 00:22:58.646 --> 00:23:01.531 the reality that I'm completely 00:23:01.531 --> 00:23:03.895 dependent among humanity and so are 00:23:03.895 --> 00:23:06.000 every single one of you. Even if you have 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:09.184 your own wifi that you pay for and your 00:23:09.184 --> 00:23:11.150 own cell phone that you pay for and your 00:23:11.150 --> 00:23:14.120 own house. All of those things are all 00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:16.421 dependent on global humanity working 00:23:16.421 --> 00:23:19.321 together and all of the creatures that we 00:23:19.321 --> 00:23:21.387 depend on in the environment, the earth 00:23:21.387 --> 00:23:23.540 that we depend on. That's really, 00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:25.569 you know... I'm trying to shake things up 00:23:25.569 --> 00:23:28.474 a little bit, here. I am extreme. There is 00:23:28.474 --> 00:23:30.777 no question about that. The way that I 00:23:30.777 --> 00:23:33.662 do things is extreme but I think that our 00:23:33.662 --> 00:23:36.405 current way of living...United States has 00:23:36.405 --> 00:23:38.346 5 % of the worlds' population but 00:23:38.346 --> 00:23:40.380 uses 25 % of the world's resources. 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:43.314 That is extreme. So, what I am, is I am 00:23:43.314 --> 00:23:46.334 a counterbalance to that extreme way of 00:23:46.334 --> 00:23:49.421 life. I only have to go this far because 00:23:49.421 --> 00:23:51.634 society has gone so far in the other 00:23:51.634 --> 00:23:55.252 direction and that is why I am extreme. 00:23:55.252 --> 00:23:58.004 So that I can stand out and get people 00:23:58.004 --> 00:24:00.603 thinking and get people questioning their 00:24:00.603 --> 00:24:04.071 own lives. I am extreme but I also 00:24:04.071 --> 00:24:05.973 wasn't always this way. 00:24:05.973 --> 00:24:07.937 I used to be really focused on material 00:24:07.937 --> 00:24:09.981 possessions and financial wealth. My goal 00:24:09.981 --> 00:24:12.181 was to be a millionaire by the time I was 30. 00:24:12.181 --> 00:24:15.027 I wonder what the 23 year old me, now, 00:24:15.027 --> 00:24:17.000 would say to a guy who actually only has 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.795 less than $6 000 as his full 00:24:18.795 --> 00:24:22.197 financial net worth. So, I wasn't 00:24:22.197 --> 00:24:25.540 always this way. It was a 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:27.685 transition. In 2011, that's when I woke 00:24:27.685 --> 00:24:29.795 up. I lived in a 3 bedroom apartment 00:24:29.795 --> 00:24:31.798 at the time. I lived in the biggest 00:24:31.798 --> 00:24:33.764 bedroom because I had a lot of stuff. 00:24:33.764 --> 00:24:35.735 I moved to the smallest bedroom as I 00:24:35.735 --> 00:24:39.318 started to wake up and reduce the amount 00:24:39.318 --> 00:24:41.152 of stuff. I went from the smallest 00:24:41.152 --> 00:24:43.520 bedroom to living in a 6 by 6 closet 00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:46.473 of my home as well as having my 00:24:46.473 --> 00:24:48.756 friend park his camper in the driveway 00:24:48.756 --> 00:24:51.259 and I stayed in the camper, as well. 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:54.491 After that I was simplifying my life, 00:24:54.491 --> 00:24:56.524 simplifying my life, simplifying my 00:24:56.524 --> 00:24:58.310 life. I eventually got rid of that 00:24:58.310 --> 00:25:01.661 apartment and I moved into a tiny house. 00:25:01.661 --> 00:25:03.745 A 50 square foot tiny house in San Diego. 00:25:03.745 --> 00:25:06.196 At that time, when I moved in there, I was 00:25:06.196 --> 00:25:09.598 able to bike over with everything that I 00:25:09.598 --> 00:25:12.100 owned on a bike trailer and the bike 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:15.334 pannier. That was a big step for me. 00:25:15.334 --> 00:25:18.368 Then I lived for a year in a 50 square 00:25:18.368 --> 00:25:20.519 foot tiny house, off the grid, in San 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.382 Diego. At that time, I think I had 00:25:22.382 --> 00:25:25.436 around 1 000 possessions. After that, 00:25:25.436 --> 00:25:29.090 I downsized to having just 111 possessions 00:25:29.090 --> 00:25:30.983 that all fit into my backpack, which I 00:25:30.983 --> 00:25:33.625 travelled with for about 2 years. 00:25:33.625 --> 00:25:35.990 So, that was a bigger backpack then this. 00:25:35.990 --> 00:25:38.245 Substantially bigger, about twice as big, 00:25:38.245 --> 00:25:42.262 111 possessions. And then I moved to 00:25:42.262 --> 00:25:44.487 Orlando and that's where I decided I was 00:25:44.487 --> 00:25:46.628 going to grow and forage 100 % of my 00:25:46.628 --> 00:25:48.629 food for a year. That meant drastically 00:25:48.629 --> 00:25:50.765 increasing my possessions to be able to 00:25:50.765 --> 00:25:53.649 be self sufficient food wise. I had a 00:25:53.649 --> 00:25:56.000 lot of possessions. You know, just the 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:58.867 shovels and the rakes, and I built a 10 by 00:25:58.867 --> 00:26:01.382 10 tiny house. So much bigger than the 00:26:01.382 --> 00:26:04.237 last one, and I filled it with a lot of 00:26:04.237 --> 00:26:07.089 stuff. Mostly useful stuff. Things that 00:26:07.089 --> 00:26:09.604 I could use for sustainability, for 00:26:09.604 --> 00:26:12.790 gardening and such. And then I left 00:26:12.790 --> 00:26:15.536 Orlando, after 2 years there. I gave 00:26:15.536 --> 00:26:17.524 away the tiny house, I gave away most of 00:26:17.524 --> 00:26:19.828 my possessions, sold some of them, and 00:26:19.828 --> 00:26:23.044 then it took me month to downsize my life 00:26:23.044 --> 00:26:27.561 again. I left Orlando with a huge duffle 00:26:27.561 --> 00:26:29.847 bag! It was so heavy, it hurt my back. 00:26:29.847 --> 00:26:32.396 Eventually got that down to 80 possessions 00:26:32.396 --> 00:26:34.698 and then, a few weeks ago in Montreal, 00:26:34.698 --> 00:26:37.782 I was at a school, speaking, and I turned 00:26:37.782 --> 00:26:40.433 that 80 possessions into 40 possessions. 00:26:40.433 --> 00:26:42.849 I gave away half of the things I owned 00:26:42.849 --> 00:26:45.537 that day, to kids. I was leaving Montreal 00:26:45.537 --> 00:26:47.507 and coming to Costa Rica, where I didn't 00:26:47.507 --> 00:26:50.122 need my jacket and my pants, and I wanted 00:26:50.122 --> 00:26:52.188 to get rid of those things as I'm going 00:26:52.188 --> 00:26:56.057 to be shifting only to natural fibres 00:26:56.057 --> 00:26:59.808 instead. So, from 80 down, to now 44. 00:26:59.808 --> 00:27:02.807 You can see there was a long transition. 00:27:02.807 --> 00:27:06.146 to get to this point. 00:27:06.146 --> 00:27:09.677 The most minimalist I've been took from 00:27:09.677 --> 00:27:13.031 2011. So, nine years. It was a long 00:27:13.031 --> 00:27:15.730 transition process and I know a lot of 00:27:15.730 --> 00:27:18.532 you might be overwhelmed with the idea 00:27:18.532 --> 00:27:21.367 of where you are today. Maybe you 00:27:21.367 --> 00:27:23.317 have a lot of stuff. Maybe you have a 00:27:23.317 --> 00:27:25.333 5 bedroom house full of stuff. 00:27:25.333 --> 00:27:29.436 But just remember, that I was there in a 00:27:29.436 --> 00:27:31.871 similar situation 11 years ago, and it was 00:27:31.871 --> 00:27:35.396 a transition. Again, the way that 00:27:35.396 --> 00:27:37.505 I've done things is extreme but you don't 00:27:37.505 --> 00:27:40.273 have to go that far. And I know a lot of 00:27:40.273 --> 00:27:42.870 you probably would like to. You 00:27:42.870 --> 00:27:44.681 might be inspired. You might want to 00:27:44.681 --> 00:27:46.777 reduce the number of possessions you have. 00:27:46.777 --> 00:27:48.832 You might want to shrink the size of your 00:27:48.832 --> 00:27:50.803 house. You might want to live in a tiny 00:27:50.803 --> 00:27:52.824 house. You might want everything you own 00:27:52.824 --> 00:27:54.726 to fit in a backpack. So I've actually 00:27:54.726 --> 00:27:56.388 created another video for that. 00:27:56.388 --> 00:27:58.294 Tips on how to downsize your life that 00:27:58.294 --> 00:28:00.211 goes into that and shares my transition 00:28:00.211 --> 00:28:03.181 and gives you a lot of the tools and the 00:28:03.181 --> 00:28:05.586 guides on how to be able to do that. 00:28:05.586 --> 00:28:09.435 But, just keep in mind, it's a process and 00:28:09.435 --> 00:28:12.436 you don't have to go to this extreme, by 00:28:12.436 --> 00:28:14.454 any means, to drastically increase 00:28:14.454 --> 00:28:17.505 happiness and healthiness and be living in 00:28:17.505 --> 00:28:19.874 a way that is, indeed, more harmonious 00:28:19.874 --> 00:28:22.588 with the earth. And, another thing, for 00:28:22.588 --> 00:28:27.058 me, is this is life. Life is complicated. 00:28:27.058 --> 00:28:29.425 And I can't possibly go into all of the 00:28:29.425 --> 00:28:32.744 reasons behind this, but it's all based on 00:28:32.744 --> 00:28:35.929 a deeply thought out way of trying to 00:28:35.929 --> 00:28:38.430 live an examined life. Live with my 00:28:38.430 --> 00:28:40.915 actions being in alignment with my 00:28:40.915 --> 00:28:43.416 beliefs. So, for me, this is a practice 00:28:43.416 --> 00:28:46.117 of non ownership and, instead, sharing 00:28:46.117 --> 00:28:48.217 and being a part of humanity. It's a 00:28:48.217 --> 00:28:50.719 practice of non-materialism. Not focusing 00:28:50.719 --> 00:28:52.669 my life on what other people think about 00:28:52.669 --> 00:28:54.470 me based on material possessions or 00:28:54.470 --> 00:28:57.821 getting my happiness from possessions. 00:28:57.821 --> 00:29:03.740 It is a practice of my impermanence. 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:06.173 Embracing that I am an impermanent 00:29:06.173 --> 00:29:09.676 person. Here for just a very short period 00:29:09.676 --> 00:29:12.577 of time and understanding that's okay. 00:29:12.577 --> 00:29:14.777 The less that I have, the more okay I am 00:29:14.777 --> 00:29:16.944 with the fact that I am just one human 00:29:16.944 --> 00:29:19.547 among over 7 billion. And that's 00:29:19.547 --> 00:29:22.832 just one species among millions of 00:29:22.832 --> 00:29:25.533 species. And just embracing that I'm just 00:29:25.533 --> 00:29:28.333 here for a very short period of time, and 00:29:28.333 --> 00:29:31.286 I'll be gone. And being okay with that. 00:29:31.286 --> 00:29:34.401 Non-materialism, non-attachment, 00:29:34.401 --> 00:29:37.636 non-ownership, and embracing my 00:29:37.636 --> 00:29:41.206 impermanence. if you got a lot out 00:29:41.206 --> 00:29:43.462 of this video and you're inspired, then I 00:29:43.462 --> 00:29:47.306 would encourage you to subscribe, if you 00:29:47.306 --> 00:29:50.541 aren't already, if this is your first time 00:29:50.541 --> 00:29:52.793 here. And if you think this is 00:29:52.793 --> 00:29:55.544 information that other people need, then 00:29:55.544 --> 00:29:57.727 let's help it get out there. 00:29:57.727 --> 00:29:59.026 Comment and like this. 00:29:59.026 --> 00:30:00.880 That's what YouTube loves. That's what 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:02.944 helps it get into that algorithm, so let's 00:30:02.944 --> 00:30:04.967 spread this stuff and then, of course, 00:30:04.967 --> 00:30:06.781 share it. 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