Phillip and Uriah explore the philosophy of minimalism, talking about how it applies in real life and why living intentionally matters.
They share personal stories about decluttering, the environmental effects of waste, and the importance of small, mindful actions. The conversation also addresses the wider cultural views on consumption and waste management.
Takeaways:
Invest in experiences, not material goods.
Minimalism is about decluttering and simplifying life.
Intentional actions lead to meaningful change.
Baby Seal Rescued From Plastic Bag
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PlEc7dFHOH0
How FIVE BILLION Pounds of Las Vegas Garbage Powers a City
https://youtu.be/aHzltu6Tvl8?si=xQ9qgdD3WrQ4tZya
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch How Trash Is Attracting Marine Species Vantage with Palki Sharma
https://youtu.be/bvZiIowQzNE?si=FKaBNEknJslzNkTB
Keywords
#minimalism, #intentionalliving, #decluttering, #environment, #wastemanagement
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They share personal stories about decluttering, the environmental effects of waste, and the importance of small, mindful actions. The conversation also addresses the wider cultural views on consumption and waste management.
Takeaways:
Invest in experiences, not material goods.
Minimalism is about decluttering and simplifying life.
Intentional actions lead to meaningful change.
Baby Seal Rescued From Plastic Bag
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PlEc7dFHOH0
How FIVE BILLION Pounds of Las Vegas Garbage Powers a City
https://youtu.be/aHzltu6Tvl8?si=xQ9qgdD3WrQ4tZya
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch How Trash Is Attracting Marine Species Vantage with Palki Sharma
https://youtu.be/bvZiIowQzNE?si=FKaBNEknJslzNkTB
Keywords
#minimalism, #intentionalliving, #decluttering, #environment, #wastemanagement
**Fair Use Statement for [What Do You Have 2 say?]:**
This podcast utilizes short excerpts of music and video clips for critical commentary, review, and analysis, falling under the "fair use" doctrine as outlined in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. We consider the four factors of fair use in our production:
1. **Purpose and Character of Use:** Our use is transformative, adding new perspectives, insights, and discussion to the original material, primarily for non-profit educational and commentary purposes, even if monetized.
2. **Nature of the Copyrighted Work:** We may use excerpts from both factual and creative works, always aiming for a balanced and justifiable application of fair use principles.
3. **Amount and Substantiality:** We use only the necessary portions of copyrighted works to illustrate our points, avoiding the use of entire works or significant, "heart" portions where possible.
4. **Effect Upon Potential Market:** We believe our use does not negatively impact the market for or value of the original copyrighted works. Instead, our commentary may encourage further engagement with the original content.
All copyrighted material belongs to its respective owners.
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00:00We want to know what do you have to say, oh
00:02What do you have to say, oh
00:05There's no time to wait, what do you have to say
00:10Together we lift our voices and let them ring, oh
00:14Talking about life, we got stories to reveal
00:19So no one told you life was gonna be this way
00:25Your job's a joke, you're broken, love life, tear your way
00:31It's like you're always taking a second gear
00:36It's a sitcom, theme song
00:39This
00:41Did you get it?
00:52Yes, I got you, I got you
00:54I was like, I was looking for, when can I come in
00:57Can I come in, or no
00:59What do you mean can't you come in
01:04Come in, I need my part
01:06Oh
01:07You can do whatever you want to do
01:11Yeah, that's kind of sweet right there
01:15Hey, how you doing Uriah?
01:18Good
01:18Yeah, back again
01:20A little Friends cover
01:22That's nice
01:23Isn't that nice?
01:25That's sweet
01:25Isn't that nice?
01:25Yes, yes
01:26Well, it's another day
01:28Another day
01:29Here
01:31Good day
01:31That's what do you have to say
01:33What do I have to say?
01:35Yes
01:35Another day
01:36Another day here
01:37Yes
01:38Wow
01:38It's been a great day so far
01:40But I do have something to say
01:43About
01:45Like minimalism
01:47And hopefully we can get to about
01:51Urban gardening and homesteading as well
01:55I got plenty to say
01:57Homesteading?
01:59I don't know nothing about
02:00Homesteading
02:01Okay
02:01I don't know nothing about homesteading
02:03Okay
02:03Well
02:04Let's start with mineralism
02:06That sounds like some
02:08Little house on the prairie kind of stuff
02:09Not exactly
02:12Well you said homestead
02:14I just see
02:15Covered wagon
02:16No
02:18Not
02:19Not
02:19Not in 2025
02:20No
02:22No
02:23Little house on the prairie
02:25No
02:26Something
02:28Probably some of those same principles
02:30That they
02:31You know
02:31That they did
02:33A
02:34It's just about growing some food
02:36Growing your own food
02:37In your own space
02:38So
02:39Yeah
02:39Homesteading
02:39Okay
02:40Okay
02:41But
02:41Minimalism
02:42I think
02:43I'm just
02:44Interested
02:45Or
02:45I'm kind of drawn to it
02:47Because
02:47It's just
02:48It says
02:49Simplify
02:50Your life
02:51By focusing
02:52On what is essential
02:54And
02:55I
02:56I really just like those words
02:58About
02:59Focusing on what's essential
03:01And
03:02Declutter
03:03I believe there are like levels
03:06Of minimalism
03:07You don't have to go to extreme
03:09Where there's nothing in your house
03:10But your bed
03:11Or
03:11And your
03:12And a chair
03:14You know
03:14I mean
03:15But you know
03:16To be honest with you
03:17Yeah
03:17That's extreme
03:18But you know
03:19To be honest with you
03:20Our homes are filled
03:21With stuff
03:22I'm looking
03:23Behind this camera
03:25There is just
03:26A whole lot of stuff
03:28That I
03:28I can
03:29Declutter
03:29And
03:30And get rid of
03:31That I don't need
03:32And I like the simplicity
03:34Of
03:35It says
03:36Simplify your life
03:37That could be
03:38In your home
03:40Your
03:40Relationships
03:42The things
03:42That you have
03:43Well
03:44The one thing
03:45That you're talking
03:45About
03:46Mementalism
03:46Is
03:47When I recently
03:48Moved
03:49I had
03:50A storage unit
03:51And
03:53I got rid of
03:5585%
03:57Of
03:57Everything that was
03:58In the storage unit
03:59Because I didn't need it
04:01I mean
04:01When it was there
04:02I
04:02I
04:03I wasn't desiring it
04:05In any way
04:06So I
04:07I gave it away
04:08And then when I actually
04:09Moved
04:10I gave away
04:11Another
04:1215 or 20%
04:14Of stuff
04:15That I had
04:16Right
04:17Right
04:17And
04:18When you talk
04:19About
04:20Mementalism
04:20I think
04:21I automatically
04:22Go to
04:22What you
04:23Talked about
04:23Where
04:25Some people
04:25It's just
04:26The bed
04:26I got this
04:27And I'm good
04:27They don't have to do that
04:29But we don't need
04:30All this other stuff
04:31Sometimes
04:31Right
04:32Yes
04:33Yes
04:33Just
04:34Just clearing
04:35And
04:35And really
04:36Focusing on
04:37On what matters
04:38And
04:38Things that matter
04:40And I say
04:41That
04:42I watched a show
04:44On Netflix
04:45About
04:46Buy it now
04:47And
04:48About
04:49It was like
04:50Netflix
04:50I mean
04:51Amazon has like
04:52A conveyor belt
04:53To your front door
04:54They had this animation
04:55There
04:56And I was like
04:57It is so easy
04:58Just to keep
04:59Getting things
04:59Just getting things
05:00Whether we need them
05:01Or not
05:02But
05:02I mean
05:03We look around
05:03Our house
05:04And I'm like
05:05I haven't touched
05:06This stuff in six months
05:07Or a year
05:08Or
05:09It's just sitting there
05:10And
05:10It's not benefiting
05:12Us
05:13Or
05:13Benefiting me
05:15Anymore
05:15But
05:16There is
05:17A minimalist
05:18Guy
05:19And his name
05:20Is Gabe
05:20And he
05:21I really
05:22Resonated
05:23With what
05:23He had
05:24Said
05:24About
05:25A few
05:26Rules
05:27To
05:28Simplify
05:29Your life
05:29And
05:30One of them
05:31Was
05:32Your house
05:35On fire
05:35The concept
05:36Of your house
05:37On fire
05:37And what
05:37If
05:38You just
05:39Lost
05:39Everything
05:40And
05:41How would
05:42You feel
05:43Of course
05:43There's
05:43Some things
05:44That
05:44Be devastating
05:46To me
05:46To me
05:47To lose
05:48But
05:48You know
05:48What man
05:49You know
05:49My house
05:50Burned down
05:50In 1999
05:51And I lost
05:53Everything
05:54You just
05:55Told me
05:55That
05:56Not
05:56Not too
05:57Long ago
05:57And
05:57Right
05:58That
05:58Was
05:59Heavy
06:00To hear
06:00Everything
06:01Everything
06:01I mean
06:02Everything
06:03From the
06:04Front door
06:05To the
06:05Back door
06:06Everything
06:06Was gone
06:07And
06:08It felt
06:09Devastating
06:10Then
06:10But
06:11I have
06:12Replaced
06:13Everything
06:14At least
06:15Ten times
06:16The amount
06:19Of stuff
06:20That I did
06:20Then
06:21You know
06:21So
06:22I was
06:23Always
06:24Mindful
06:25That
06:26They sell
06:26Stuff
06:27Every day
06:28And
06:29When you
06:30When you're
06:31Your value
06:33Is not
06:33In the
06:34Things that
06:34You have
06:35You know
06:35And
06:36I learned
06:36A lot
06:37When
06:38Let me
06:38Tell you
06:39It takes
06:39A lot
06:40To
06:41Get to
06:41That
06:42Understanding
06:42I mean
06:43If you
06:43Think about
06:44Recently
06:45What's
06:45Happening
06:46Especially
06:46Like in
06:47California
06:48Where there
06:48Was mass
06:49Fires
06:50But
06:50People
06:52Lost
06:52Everything
06:52But I'm
06:53Thinking
06:53About you
06:54Like when
06:54You lost
06:55When
06:56Everything
06:57In your
06:57House
06:57Burned
06:57Down
06:58You
06:59At that
06:59Time
07:00It was
07:01How did
07:02You handle
07:03It
07:03Was it
07:03Really
07:04Devastating
07:05Or were
07:05You angry
07:06Do you
07:06Remember
07:06How you
07:08Felt
07:08I
07:09I don't
07:11Think that
07:11I had
07:11Time to
07:12Process
07:12It
07:13It was
07:13But
07:14You know
07:15It was
07:16Stuff
07:17It was
07:18Just
07:19Stuff
07:20And
07:20You know
07:22And when
07:24I say that
07:24It was just
07:25Replaceable
07:26All of
07:27It
07:27Really
07:27Was
07:28The only
07:30Thing
07:30That I
07:32Really
07:32Cherished
07:34Were my
07:34Mom's
07:35Records
07:36The records
07:37That I
07:38Grew up
07:38With
07:38In the
07:39House
07:40You know
07:40All of
07:41The gospel
07:41Records
07:42All of
07:43The James
07:43Cleveland
07:44Records
07:44All of
07:45The
07:46Music
07:47That I
07:48Learned
07:49How to
07:49Play
07:49You know
07:50That I
07:51Grew up
07:51With
07:52Even
07:53My dad's
07:54B.B.
07:55King
07:55Records
07:55And all
07:56Of the
07:57Other
07:57Other
07:58Albums
07:59That are
08:00Gone
08:00You know
08:01That I
08:02Grew up
08:02With
08:02They were
08:03In the
08:04House
08:04And
08:04That was
08:06Probably
08:07The most
08:07Cherished
08:08Things that
08:09I had
08:09Were the
08:10Can I
08:10Ask you
08:11After
08:12Losing
08:13Those
08:13Things
08:15And you
08:15Just said
08:15That you
08:16Didn't
08:16Have a
08:16Lot of
08:16Time
08:16To
08:17Process
08:17And
08:18You're
08:18Talking
08:18About
08:18Minimalism
08:19And
08:19Homesteading
08:21And
08:21Some
08:21Others
08:22But
08:22Did
08:23That
08:24Make
08:25You
08:25Did
08:26You
08:26You know
08:26Go to
08:27The opposite
08:27Way
08:27And then
08:28Like
08:28Want to
08:28Acquire
08:29A lot
08:29Of
08:29Stuff
08:29Or
08:30Did
08:30You
08:30Sort
08:31Of
08:31Shy
08:32Away
08:32From
08:32Getting
08:33Things
08:33Buying
08:34Things
08:35As
08:36You
08:36Moved
08:36On
08:36In
08:36Your
08:37Life
08:37I
08:39Probably
08:39Unintentionally
08:40Just
08:41Tried
08:42To
08:42Acquire
08:42More
08:43Stuff
08:43You
08:45Know
08:45Without
08:45Even
08:46Knowing
08:46That
08:46Because
08:47That
08:47Was
08:47Not
08:47On
08:48My
08:48Mind
08:48To
08:48Do
08:49But
08:50When
08:50You
08:51Don't
08:51Have
08:53You
08:54Know
08:54Anything
08:54And
08:55I
08:55Have
08:55To
08:55Lift
08:56Up
08:56My
08:57Friend
08:57Derek
08:57That
08:59My
08:59Friend
09:00Derek
09:00That
09:00Came
09:01He
09:02He
09:02I
09:04Don't
09:04Know
09:04How
09:04He
09:05Knew
09:05But
09:06He
09:06Just
09:06Showed
09:07Up
09:07While
09:07I
09:08Was
09:08Sitting
09:08On
09:08The
09:08Curve
09:09And
09:09I'm
09:09About
09:09To
09:09Get
09:09Emotional
09:10Because
09:11He
09:11Just
09:11Showed
09:12Up
09:12What
09:13Fire
09:13Trucks
09:13Was
09:13There
09:14And
09:14Everything
09:14And
09:15He
09:15Was
09:15Just
09:16Like
09:16Come
09:16With
09:17Me
09:17And
09:18I
09:18Lived
09:19With
09:19Him
09:19For
09:20A
09:20While
09:21Until
09:21I
09:21Was
09:21Able
09:22To
09:22Get
09:22Re
09:23Established
09:23And
09:24Everything
09:24But
09:25I
09:26Just
09:26Give
09:27Him
09:27A
09:27Shout
09:27Out
09:28And
09:28Hopefully
09:28He's
09:28Doing
09:29Okay
09:29Today
09:29And
09:30He
09:31Was
09:31There
09:31For
09:32Me
09:32And
09:32I
09:32Will
09:33Never
09:33Forget
09:35That
09:35And
09:35He
09:35Opened
09:36His
09:36Home
09:36To
09:36Me
09:37And
09:37It
09:38Was
09:39Just
09:39So
09:40That
09:41That's
09:41Why
09:41I
09:42Really
09:42Didn't
09:43Have
09:43Time
09:43To
09:43Process
09:44The
09:45Loss
09:45For
09:46Real
09:46Because
09:46That
09:47Support
09:47Was
09:48There
09:48And
09:49The
09:50Rebuilding
09:51It
09:52Took
09:52Time
09:52I
09:53Know
09:53That
09:53I
09:53Was
09:53Sad
09:54For
09:54A
09:54Wow
09:54But
09:55As
09:56Soon
09:56As
09:56I
09:57You
09:58Know
09:58Just
09:58Realized
09:59That
09:59That
10:00Was
10:00Stuff
10:01And
10:01I'm
10:02Able
10:02To
10:03In
10:03My
10:03Faith
10:04You
10:04Know
10:05And
10:05God
10:06Just
10:06Helped
10:06Me
10:07Get
10:07Through
10:07That
10:07Time
10:08But
10:08When
10:09Do
10:09You
10:10Think
10:10That
10:10This
10:10Idea
10:11Of
10:11Minimalism
10:12And
10:12The
10:12Homesteading
10:13And
10:13All
10:14Those
10:14Things
10:14For
10:15You
10:16Or
10:16Sort
10:17Of
10:17Come
10:17Up
10:17In
10:18Your
10:18Awareness
10:18Um
10:20Because
10:22It helps
10:25Me focus
10:26On
10:26What
10:26Matters
10:27And
10:28Not
10:28Acquiring
10:29Things
10:30As
10:30We'll
10:31If we
10:31Play
10:32One of
10:32The clips
10:33About
10:33The
10:34You know
10:36The house
10:36On fire
10:37If we lost
10:38Everything
10:39And
10:39He just
10:40Kind of
10:41Explains it
10:42About
10:42Our stuff
10:44Soon
10:44Soon
10:45Um
10:46We don't
10:47Own
10:47The stuff
10:48Our stuff
10:48Soon
10:49Owns
10:49Us
10:50Is it
10:50That first
10:51Clip
10:51It is
10:52It's that
10:52First clip
10:53What if
10:53We lost
10:54Everything
10:54And part of
10:55That question
10:56Is like
10:56When do
10:57You think
10:57That that
10:57Started to
10:58Change in
10:59Your mind
10:59Not why
11:00But when
11:01When
11:01Yeah
11:02I really
11:04Couldn't
11:04Honestly
11:05Say
11:05And I
11:06Think that
11:07It was
11:07Been
11:08It was
11:09There
11:09All along
11:10Um
11:11And just
11:12Not
11:13Maybe not
11:13Manifested
11:14In such
11:15A strong
11:15Way
11:15I think
11:16That it
11:17Was
11:17It was
11:17There
11:18All
11:18The
11:18While
11:18It was
11:19All along
11:20I
11:20Kind of
11:21Believe
11:22That
11:22Is this
11:23It
11:23Yes
11:24Yes
11:25And he
11:28Speaks
11:28Some
11:28Power
11:28Power
11:29Just
11:30Really
11:30Resonates
11:31With
11:31What
11:31He's
11:31Saying
11:31Happen
11:38If
11:39It
11:39Just
11:39Went
11:39Away
11:39It
11:40Evaporated
11:41Into
11:41Thin
11:41Air
11:41Your
11:41House
11:42Burned
11:42Down
11:42And
11:42You
11:42Lost
11:43All
11:43That
11:43Stuff
11:43Would
11:44You
11:44Actually
11:44Be
11:45Relieved
11:45Are
11:46You
11:46Overly
11:46Attached
11:47To
11:47It
11:47Does
11:47Your
11:48Stuff
11:48Actually
11:49Kind of
11:49Own
11:50You
11:50A
11:50Little
11:50Bit
11:50Right
11:51I
11:51Had
11:51This
11:51Realization
11:52There
11:52Are
11:52A few
11:53Things
11:53In
11:53My
11:53House
11:53That
11:54I
11:54Wouldn't
11:54Love
11:55To
11:55Lose
11:55For
11:55The
11:55Most
11:56Part
11:56I
11:57As
11:58I
11:58As
11:58I
11:58As
11:59I
12:00I
12:00And
12:01You
12:01Can
12:01Stop
12:01Right
12:02There
12:02And
12:02That
12:02Is
12:03Just
12:03Own
12:03Ends
12:04Up
12:04Owning
12:04Us
12:05So
12:05You
12:05Know
12:06I
12:06Got
12:06Rid
12:06Of
12:06And I think that when we, it's misplaced and I don't have the right word for it, but it's something that is misplaced value or misplaced when the things start owning us that we own.
12:29And I think that is just extremely powerful.
12:32That's why I'd like just simplifying my life into focusing on what's essential.
12:41Nowadays, if all of this stuff went away today, number one, it can be replaced.
12:49And two, it's just stuff.
12:54That's the simplest way that I can say it.
12:56Yeah. So in those terms, minimalism for you isn't bare bones, but it's like not acquiring, not seeking stuff, things that aren't really meaningful, that aren't adding to your life.
13:16Right, right.
13:17It's just sort of what you need. And I just thought about it right now, sort of, if you sort of travel light, when it's time to go, you can just pack your stuff.
13:27Have you, there's a show, there's a show on called Reacher. Have you ever seen Reacher?
13:33I don't think that I have watched it, but I have seen it.
13:37It's a series of books, but his premise is he's like a drifter. And the only thing he has with him is what he is wearing.
13:48To get to that point, I would love to just have everything stripped away, but it would have to be stripped away here.
13:59Absolutely.
14:01You know, those constructs that we are sometimes, well, the media feeds us and television feeds us and society can feed us those constructs.
14:11That would have to be stripped down where I don't, I really don't need that.
14:15And, you know, I think about you, when you, you said that your wardrobe is this, and it has been just this, and it's these five or 10 items or how many ever items, this is what I wear.
14:32I don't have to think about anything else.
14:34If my, if I was stripped down like that, and it's, it's getting, I really do believe that it's evolving to that because I have not purchased clothes probably in a year or, you know, any new items, something in a year.
14:55And I don't plan on it.
14:58I want to just use what I have and because I have more than enough.
15:05Yeah.
15:05But I thought about you this week when I was watching that about Steve Jobs.
15:13I think that he just had like a few, his, his wardrobe was determined.
15:20Black shirt, pants, you know, and that's it.
15:23And that's a minimalist kind of idea, you know, living.
15:29In a way, because you do not have to think.
15:32If I'm wearing all black t-shirts, black shorts, black pants, black shoes, I don't have to worry about it or nothing.
15:39Right, right.
15:40That was, that's one rule that he, he, I found, I resonated with was the house on fire.
15:47And the second thing that I did, just to bring your attention to, it says investing rule.
15:53And investing, instead of buying stuff, he said, invest in experiences.
16:02And I really, instead of buying gifts, he said that he buys him and his wife, instead of buying random crap, we don't need.
16:14We, we, we spend on experiences and I'd love to travel.
16:19So, um, I would rather have traveling could, and I wish that I could get, um, in a place where, give me a travel voucher so I can go.
16:32I don't need, yeah, I don't need anything else.
16:35I don't need anything else, um, but, um, yeah, it is, uh, he's at 339, yeah, 339.
16:42You know, we, I think we talked about here in an earlier podcast about the holidays and things like that.
16:48And I think I talked about presents and gifts and like that.
16:52Sometimes we're so focused and I can remember there was a time in my life where I didn't have the, the, the funds to buy anybody anything.
17:01And I was stressed about that, right?
17:03And then I just sort of realized I don't have the money.
17:06Why am I stressing, trying to get, sometimes people I didn't even know well, something, right?
17:15Yes, yes.
17:16And why we, why we need, are we doing that to, to, to feed us, um, feed whatever our ego is?
17:25Is it, is it, um, for their benefit?
17:27I think it's just something to think about what, what is really essential and, uh, investing, this clip, investing, yes.
17:37Okay.
17:39I'm trying to click on the, I got to click over here.
17:42Really know what to call it.
17:43If you have any ideas, let me know.
17:44I just called it the investor rule.
17:46Um, but pretty much instead of investing into stuff, into, into random books, what is this?
17:52And it's Christian Anderson.
17:53Right.
17:54I didn't even know we had that.
17:55These are married.
17:55And I love books.
17:56We should be investing into experiences.
17:59Investing into stuff has generally led me to being more like stressed.
18:03It all takes up space in my mind.
18:04It doesn't really make me happy.
18:06Even when you buy a new car, it's cool for a little bit.
18:08And then it's just a car.
18:09Same thing with clothes and most things, but experiences really help change you as a person.
18:15That's me.
18:16All that.
18:16Right there.
18:17They help you learn and expand your horizons.
18:19So I've been really focusing on taking that money out and spending on stuff and investing in travel for holidays.
18:25We give each other experiences instead of gifting each other a life.
18:28We give each other experiences instead of time.
18:30And that should be like literally in our budget is to invest money in experiences.
18:34Investing in each other and investing in experiences instead of buying crap, more shoes, more trinkets, more stuff to sit on the shelf that brings no value to us here.
18:54That doesn't feed our soul and feed us who we are.
18:58And I really, that's minimalist to me.
19:04Yeah.
19:05Decluttering, getting rid of some things, stuff, which I'm going to do tomorrow and try to accomplish tomorrow and declutter and simplify and just focus on what is essential.
19:22And here first, and then move here and then out the door.
19:29That's an important thing.
19:30Out the door.
19:32Well, you have for change to be meaningful.
19:35And you said it, I forget what you were talking about before, but it has to be something that you're thinking about.
19:41Because if you just do something, it's not going to stick.
19:45Right.
19:45Right.
19:46Oh, let me get rid of this.
19:47Let me do that.
19:48And next thing you know, your house will be full up.
19:50But why am I doing it?
19:51Does this feel right for me?
19:53Yeah.
19:54Right.
19:56And it has intentional intentionality.
19:58It has to be intentional and meaningful.
20:03I, you know, I donate to Goodwill because it was part of my life.
20:11And I know that you have spoke about, you know, being, I can remember, man, do you remember, let me see, and at Cali County, there were some thrift stores there.
20:21And we, I can remember a suit, a wool, getting a, like, a real deal wool blue suit that I needed for something.
20:33And I got it at the thrift store for a little money.
20:36Oh, man, hold up.
20:38What about the long wool coats?
20:42Do you remember buying those?
20:44They were those long, like.
20:46Just long trenches.
20:48Long, Morse Day in the time.
20:50Those long, at the thrift store.
20:53So, I donate now just because of that.
20:57But I was just like, man, you remember?
21:00It was on Summit.
21:01One of them was on Summit.
21:03I know exactly.
21:04Right where it was.
21:05Right.
21:06I've got a donate pile right now that I just need to take.
21:11I do, too.
21:12I mean, I, yeah, pay it forward always.
21:17But I really like Gabe and his minimalist rules.
21:23Well, when you first talked about minimalist, I thought it was, I thought, I don't know about this, but it's very practical in the way that he's talking about it.
21:33There have been some occasions where when people talk about it, they're on the extreme side.
21:41I know when I was in college, there was a required class at the time where you had to talk about conserving water and energy and things like that.
21:50And the lady who was teaching the class, I felt sorry for her because she was like, I save everything when I take a shower.
21:58I save the water in a bucket and then I reuse it.
22:01And if I don't get the bucket there fast enough and some of the water goes down the drain, she was in turmoil.
22:09And I was like, I can understand the conservation and the minimalist if you don't do that.
22:14But if it makes you feel a particular way, you might want to rethink that.
22:19That sounds something more to that.
22:22Absolutely.
22:23Obsession or something.
22:25So that's beyond my beyond my expertise.
22:28But while you were saying that, I taught a lesson to my students this past week about a writing lesson about saving the turtles and how they turtles like jellyfish, sea turtles like jellyfish.
22:46But they cannot distinguish a plastic bag from a jellyfish sometimes that, you know, it because and so it kind of took us to a place where I showed them a video of, you know,
23:01just all of the trash that's floating in the oceans and how, you know, it's there are like millions and millions and millions of garbage bags.
23:12Those plastic bags everywhere, in landfills, in, you know, in oceans, in waters.
23:21We have to do something, man.
23:23I don't.
23:25It's so big that if everyone.
23:29One, I just take it upon myself to do my part.
23:33I carry my bags in my, you know, my grocery bags, my reusable bags.
23:40And I like the way that some stores, some chains have just stopped giving those bags, using those bags.
23:48You have to bring your own bag in.
23:49Because if we don't do something with the environment with that, and in that aspect, we have trash everywhere.
23:58Everywhere.
23:59And that's that, that's that component or, you know, of, of minimalism that really speaks to what are we going to do about our trash?
24:11Because all this waste of stuff that we didn't really need.
24:14Just because you throw it out, it's got to, it doesn't go, it's not bewitched.
24:20And it's, it's disappears.
24:23It is, it's here and it does not decompose.
24:29And well, I think our culture has this mentality.
24:32I was just talking to my trainer this morning about it.
24:36The analogy is the, uh, leaf blowers and it's a great invention, right?
24:45But I think our culture, um, is like someone using their leaf blower.
24:51Let's blow the leaves, let's blow all that stuff off of my lawn.
24:56I'm going to throw it into the street because that's what they're doing.
25:00No one is raking and putting stuff in a bag anymore.
25:03It's blow it off of my property out into the street.
25:08And that made me think of what you were just talking about, about the waste, the trash and all of that.
25:14Because we think if I don't see it, it's not there, but it is there.
25:18It's there.
25:19It is there.
25:20And I mean, it is just flow.
25:22It's so, we consume so much.
25:25And where, where does it go?
25:28Just because you throw it out.
25:29And I think about, you know, my, my third graders, they were really passionate about, um, that stopped to using the bags, you know, and try to implore their parents.
25:42Please let's use our, um, and you know what the next day I bring my lunch every day.
25:50Uh, and I was using a plastic bag until that day.
25:54And, um, I use a reusable bag for my lunch.
25:58And, um, they were like, Mr. Perry, you're helping the environment.
26:03And I was like, yeah, I'm helping because it matters.
26:06And it was something about them.
26:08You know, this they're watching, aren't they?
26:10Um, those sea turtles that really got me and they, uh, there are dolphins that get, I think I saw a video where a seal, some seals had gotten caught up in, in a plastic bags and all it, it just broke.
26:28You know, I'm, I'm that, I'm so empathetic.
26:31I, you know, I, that does something to me.
26:34And, um, well, we weigh so much.
26:38I'm passionate about when, I mean, I know we're talking about minimalism and we're talking about having more than what we need, but I, I, I hate, I really hate when people litter, when someone throws their McDonald's outside of the car, that angers me.
26:55I mean, keep it in your car, take it home and throw it away.
26:59Why do you just disrespect everybody else?
27:02Because I, I, I don't know where that mindset comes from to just throw it out the window, throw it out the window, throw out everything, just throw it out.
27:12And somebody else is somebody else's problem.
27:16And I, I don't know where that comes from.
27:19I don't, I don't know.
27:21Um, yeah, but I'm, I'm with you.
27:23It does something to me, but, uh, minimalism, but, uh, Ooh, now we just got, well, we just got started on.
27:32Minimalism.
27:33I mean, we're, we're, we're closing out today.
27:36We're going to have to come back in there because you have a couple other things that I know that, that do you want to, that are associated to this.
27:43So I'm sure we're going to come back and we're going to, we're going to discuss even more, right?
27:50Even more.
27:50Yes.
27:51Uh, because, um, well, can, can I end on this one with minimalism?
27:57Yeah.
27:58Okay.
27:59Um, one rule that he had that I do, um, that comes back to my brain this week while I was washing dishes, I had washed the dishes.
28:10And, um, he said, if it takes two minutes or less completed, you know, and I was like, Oh, I didn't want, if it takes two minutes or less completed, that means getting your clothes out the dryer, folding them up.
28:26If it takes less than two minutes, get it done.
28:28And I was washing the dishes and I was about to leave the dishes in the dish rack and it would have taken me two minutes or less to, uh, dry them and put them away.
28:38And, um, that, that is one thing that I was like, that stuck with me.
28:43Even sitting in the sink, I had put something in the dish water and, uh, I wasn't going to wash it.
28:50And it was like, that came back to two minutes or less.
28:54Finish it.
28:55Finish it up.
28:56Finish up my dishes.
28:57But that's, um, that's Mr. Gable, uh, and his minimalism.
29:03But yeah.
29:04What are you playing, man?
29:07It's a song called Change.
29:14Change don't come easy to me.
29:18Absolutely not.
29:20All right.
29:20Well.
29:21It doesn't.
29:23Until next time.
29:25Until next time.
29:26All right.
29:27I'll run back.
29:28I'll run back.
29:28I'll run back.
29:28I'll run back.
29:28I'll run back.
29:28I'll run back.
29:29I'll run back.
29:29I'll run back.
29:30What do you have to say?
29:35There's no time.
29:39That's like go time right now.
29:41Whatever.
29:42What do you have to do?
29:57Okay.
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