How much does your life weigh?

 

 

Imagine for a second

that you're carrying a backpack.

 

I want you to feel the straps

on your shoulders. Feel 'em?

 

Now I want you to pack it with

all the stuff that you have in your life.

 

Start with the little things,

 

the things on shelves and in drawers

the knick-knacks, the collectibles.

 

Feel the weight as that adds up.

 

Then you start adding larger stuff -

clothes, table-top appliances, lamps, linens...

 

your TV...

 

The backpack should be getting

pretty heavy now. And you go bigger.

 

Your couch, bed, your kitchen table.

Stuff it all in there.

 

Your car, get it in there.

 

 

Your home, whether it's

a studio apartment or a two-bedroom house.

 

I want you to stuff it all

into that backpack.

 

Now try to walk.

 

 

It's kind of hard, isn't it?

 

This is what we do to ourselves

on a daily basis

 

We weigh ourselves down until we can't

even move. And make no mistake...

 

moving is living.

 

Now, I'm gonna set that backpack on fire.

What do you want to take out of it?

 

Photos?

 

Photos are for people who can't remember.

Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn.

 

In fact, let everything burn

and imagine waking up tomorrow with nothing.

 

 


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