Less is More: Our Minimalist Living Hacks for Early Retirees 

I'm 3 days away from moving out of my house and into my campervan. I'm going to live in it on a campsite for free and work as a warden. I have been a teacher for many years and am looking forward to the simple life. I have minimised my possessions to about 10% and it all fits into my detached garage. I'm renting out my house to provide additional income alongside my campsite warden pay. It feels a bit scary but exciting too and I'm really looking forward to being part of the camping community in a natural woodland setting. Thank you for a great video!

Great video thank you! I took early retirement at 55 and moved to Worthing. The key to retiring early is to be debt free from the start. I moved into a flat where all the bills were included in the rent. I eat one good healthy meal a day, which I have at lunchtime, as long as I’m eating home-cooked fresh food, that really is enough for 24 hours. Instead of eating 21 meals a week I’m only eating 7, so that’s another great saving on food shopping. I adopted this new eating habit and I lost 35 pounds last year. I’m the leanest and fittest I’ve ever been in my life. Our health is our wealth. Thanks 😊

Two teachers who admit teaching is well paid, i have alot of respect for your honesty.

"If you lost this thing, would you replace it? If yes, then keep it. If not, then get rid of it." Awesome advice.❤

I found letting go of my teaching files and stuff one of the hardest tasks. Like you, downsizing the house was a huge part of the move towards being in nature more, travelling more, walking more. These are our top priorities. We love our not so new life (I'm in my 9th year of retirement , next year I can claim my pension) now in a tiny flat in Spain. Still ❤ing life!

Totally recognizable. We went through exact the same situation. We de cluttered a lot. Now we live in our own ‘cottage’ for two years and there is still room to de clutter more.

I took the plunge last year at 57. I have not looked back, it's been wonderful. We are about to sell off the excess possessions and will list our home and find something smaller and more rural. Life is simply too short! Time is our currency.😊

Hi guys we did the same, and sold our London house to buy a small village house in Spain. We now travel the world on a regular basis.

Thanks for these useful tips. One tip I have for clearing out items that are of sentimental value is to photograph them before clearing out. I've found that keeping a photograph (using a backed up photo archive!) is as effective in helping to recall pleasant memories as having the object itself.

Your story is so familiar. My husband and I have downsized in the past year to an over 50's living community and went through exactly the same process when packing up to sell our house and then unpacking here. Our new home is about 2/3 the size of our previous house. I'm still working through scanning paperwork and photos etc but slowly getting there.

I'm a minimalist as well, but I purchase things not only bc I might need them = the item may bring enjoyment, esthetic beauty, convenience, & comfort to my life. I hate waste & I love investing, so I do consider carefully my purchases.😊 Enjoyed content.

I can really identify with this. Thanks for another thought-provoking video.

Just discovered you! We are 61/67 and retired. We have been decluttering for around 6mths with lots more to do, the local charity informs us they have raised over £500 from our unwanted clutter, clothes and objects! Emails are slowly coming down (I contacted training clinical systems under my own company for years, so lots of agents have my email address, but I plan to change this very soon). OH worries about if he will be kept busy enough, but we have a reasonable sized garden that needs lots of work which will keep him busy this year, and we will be growing lots of food too. As he is a retired veteran, we travelled a lot with his job so holiday abroad was usually coming home to see family, so one overseas trip every 5 yrs does us. I’m a bit of a home bird these days! We downsized to a bungalow in Norfolk around 10 years ago from a 4 bed detached, due to my various health issues. We hope to get out walking more, improve our fitness and make more friends in the process.

Thank you from USA, Macon, Georgia! You make it sound lovely, and we're going through the process now. God bless you!

I sure appreciate your practical tips and common sense approach. You share some great advice which I had not thought about before

Great video. Straight from the heart, simple, actionable and relatable. Subscribed 👏🏼👍

Fabulous! Thank you both for your excellent tips. Happy Retirement!

love the delivery, how concise it is. You make a great team when it comes to plain simple production values. Thanks for your efforts, I really enjoyed this.

Just found your channel and watched this video. I’m planning to retire at 50 in 4 years time. Still in the big family home at the moment but love the idea of downsizing ‘everything’! Great channel. Looking forward to watching some more of your videos.

Love the way that you begin with your objectives! Good teaching practise - can't wait to see if you finish with "what we learned" :-)

i found your video inspiring. We are in the process of downsizing for other reasons but your video helped me reframe this in a more positive way. Thanks to you both.

Great helpful video. I agree the loft Is the first place to sort, especially kids uni stuff that has been left with us.

Great video! Appreciate your insight and thanks for sharing! All the best!

A wonderful video. So glad I stumbled across your channel. We are retiring in 7 months and are faced with the huge hurdle of decluttering and moving to another country. We really need to embrace a more minimalist approach as it will help tremendously with the task ahead. Thanks for the detailed video and many useful tips

Thank you for that video, it's been very helpful. We're about 3 years away from retiring, hopefully at 57, and once our youngest goes off to start his military career at the end of the month (the other 2 boys are grown up and have already moved out), we have already planned on starting to sort through everything in our house (including the loft and the garage loft, which my hubby thought was a good idea to build at the time, not so much now though) before we think about moving. We have a campervan and have travelled a fair bit already. Weekends away tend to be in the Yorkshire Dales, as we are not too far from there but our goal is to move to Scotland, if all goes according to plan. Let the sorting commence 🙂xx

Thats terrific!! Well done!! Im in the middle of it now ❤

I just happened upon your video and loved it! I live in the US and have followed several people who focus on minimalist living. I am finding their advice very helpful but enjoyed your fresh take on being minimalists. Love the idea of having a van as a spare bedroom! I just did my first "car camping" in an SUV but may decide to get a van one day. I have recently been widowed but went to a "meet up" with single senior women. Experiences certainly win over having too many possessions. The less I have to manage at home the more free I will be to get out and live life.

Another good video guys, Looking to retire ourselves in about 1 year at 55 and we also have a campervan and Ski etc. Your videos are really helpful in showing people where to start especially this one. Now thanks again I'm away to start emptying the loft 😂

Fascinating , about to embark on similar journey, great resource thanks

Great video, really enjoy your content. You both now seem very comfortable behind the camera and your delivery style is very warm and friendly. Have you tried taking photos of things before you let them go ? A glimpse of a photo of an old item can trigger happy memories. Regards to you both.

Thank you. Note to self. Start now, don't wait until retirement ( coming soon 😄). Hope you're both ok in the snow which arrived today in the north. Horrible heavy persistent rain in the south 🚿🚐❤️

Thank you for sharing! We downsized our home 3 years ago and I am still “purging”. On round 3. It has gotten easier and I do find it resent stress level. I find I waste energy dealing with it, so getting rid of it. However it’s a challenge when your other half struggles with letting go. I also retired Feb 1 this year and have reduced my digital footprint- that is great as well. I am a fan of y’all- thanks again

Well done and thanks for sharing! We are planing a house move so will be a great opportunity to clear the clutter and finding the digital footprint is a lot more work than expected. Enjoy 👍

Great post. Very thought provoking. Thanks.

You covered alot of good points.

We retired last October in our early 50's and still trying to figure out what will work best for us. Love your content and look forward to learning more from you two!

We have another couple of runs to the storage unit and then we are done. Not easy but we feel better it is done. For me the next step is hand giving my notice in at work. I seem to be putting that off however I need to get that done. Great video Dave

So much great information in this video! We will only be half-retired next year (as in my husband retires the end of 2024, but I will continue to work for a bit), but this gives us some places to start to simplify things before I join him in retirement. Thank you!

Great advice thanks, ive gone with the wait a couple of weeks before buying tactic for years on things I think I need and it gives you time to reflect if you want yet another thing cluttering your life! Also being content with less money is an important skill to learn as with my situation things are changing and I will be a sole parent in the future sadly, and looking at what you can do without by planning expenses is quite a reassuring and necessary process. In the end we all need way less than we have been led to believe and if one can break the cycle it becomes a very freeing and pleasant process even if through a difficult period. All the best and I hope you enjoy your time together very much

Congrats on your retirement!

Love your channel - Great information.

It’s an on going process - just started again with de- cluttering. Cleared our loft completely , sorted the Xmas decs, kept 1/3. Have a few camping items to sell and called in the scrap man to collect as well. 😂 I’m liking the cash is king plan 🤔thanks , Claire

Thank you it makes sensed. ❤

Great tips guys. Karen & I bought a plot of land and built a 5 bedroom bungalow which we lived in for 18 years. When we decided to sell the house, buy a house in Florida, and move into an apartment we had to do some amount of de cluttering and like you the starting point was the loft and we couldn’t believe the amount of stuff we had up there that just went straight to the tip. Love your ideas as to how you keep things as minimalistic as possible. Thanks for sharing. Irvine & Karen.

I've found your channel whilst looking at vanlife vlogs. Myself and my partner are in the planning stages of doing what you have done. I've managed to watch your progress from when you started to the present day and I can see such a difference in you both since you started, so content. We can both identify to exactly the way you guys felt. I'm 47 and my partner is 51 so we are going to sell up this year and see how we go. We don't have children so don't have to make the hard choices of cutting the sentimental stuff. We also have a small apartment in Spain as a base and the camper van. Our plan is to sell up and use Spain as base and then travel. That would mean leaving our country of birth (Ireland) If we buy in Ireland that would eat up the money we would have to live on. That's my biggest worry is having no base in Ireland. We have lots of family in Ireland but then no home here. Giving up work doesn't bother me a bit, I own my own business so I can sell on (not worth a huge amount) but it paid the bills. Life is too short that is for sure. I find when I do "mention" our plans people are shocked.... "what will you do with your time etc etc, how will you survive" I have plenty of living to fill my time. I've worked since I was 15 so I feel I've done my time. Good luck to the 2 of you and I look forward to keeping up with the adventures.

Love your style and approach. Subscribed.

I have defined minimalism, for me, as the least amount of stuff/things/whatever that I can live a happy, fulfilling life. And, like you, it all started at retirement.

Really inspiring! Thank you

All very sensible advice 👍

I love this, it is so true, I sold up in Dec and for the last 9 weeks have been living in my part converted van full time, it took me 5 separate ‘culls’ of my belongings over a 6 month period to declutter my stuff and I was so surprised afterwards how much better I felt about having so little. It is so freeing. I can relate to SO much of what you have said, it’s just a bit newer for me. Thanks for another great video. Ps I roared with laughter about the digital declutter, I’m defo with Richard on that matter. 😂 I have friends with thousands of unread emails and it freaks me out. 😂

Omg you need to go into our loft🤦🏻‍♀️ I think we moved boxes from our previous home to it unopened? 23 yrs ago. ….. I’m going to give it a go. It will save the kids later 😂

Great video guys, really enjoyed this!

You guys are so cute! We are not retired yet but downsized. We have four married kids and were scared to move somewhere too small. We sold our house and got a 3-bedroom apartment. But now we're still minimizing and think we could probably move to a 2-bedroom or even 1-bedroom. We'd rather be out & active!

Congratulations on reaching 5000 subscribers! 🥳

Love these tips , I too have a 3 bd house , I have been decluttering , when my kids were away at college, my goal is also a 2bd , or tiny house . I have a Jeep that I travel and camping on the weekends . I’m 58 single . I’m excited about my next phase , may just need to sell my house . I have already emptied 2 bedrooms completely ! Feels amazing ! Less is More , indeed !! MB

Retiring in December 2024. Thanks for the info!

Thank you so much for your time and effort to make these videos. As an international teacher we've also made the conscious decision that very soon we'll be early retirees. When you have enough passive income to take care of your expenses .... its a huge weight off your shoulders. If possible it would be cool to see a budget episode e.g. how much you guys spend per month especially in the campervan AND your decumulation strategy e.g. how do you withdraw $$ to sustain you for the year. All the best to you both!

It helped me to visit a large Salvation Army Opportunity Shop. They had everything there! I realised that if my house burned down I would be able to replace “stuff” easily and cheaply, and be more up to date. So now I am concentrating on saving a money stash as a security back-up which helps me to minimalise items in the house.

Great ideas - thanks

Thankyou for this! One thing I would say though is that by moving all your money into one account you are simplifying now, but at the expense of a lot of stress if something goes wrong. If for some reason you are locked out of your account temporarily (which does sometimes happen) then it’s a lot more stressful if you don’t have a fallback. If someone manages to hack your account, you could potentially lose access to it all. Similarly if the bank fails you could lose it all (or at least everything over the savings guarantee if it is a covered account). I would consider splitting it over at 2 accounts with different institutions for greater resilience. Yes it’s a tiny bit more complex, but it’s a lot less stressful when things don’t go quite to plan, and with a (hopefully) long retirement the chance of some sort of hiccup at some point is quite high.

Oh how I wish I was on the other side like you guys. I'm in the identical place you guys were in, family home for the last 22 years, kids all left and a loft full of stuff...... halloween outfits, lego, board games etc etc. We are getting through it, but as you say it's difficult. .....and thats on top of the garage that, oh can you keep this as I cant fit that in my flat!!!! ha ha. Has RU-vid started to feel like a job yet? Your videos are very good and consistently being uploaded. cheers Richard

Very interesting piece. I retired 7 years ago at the age of 61 (my wife had already retired from teaching some years earlier) so we have also gone through a streamlining exercise although I wouldn’t actually call it minimising. We have a large 4 bedroom house but have no plans to downsize yet despite the fact that most of the rooms are hardly if ever used now. The main reasons for this is that we don’t really need to cut costs and downsizing isn’t going to free up a huge amount of money anyway plus it is still an asset that is making money, essentially our daughters inheritance as we are very unlikely to need any money from it (hopefully). We think we will downsize at some point to accommodate age but hopefully that won’t be until we are 80 or so. After retiring we went through a gradual process of clearing out the house (loft!!) and garage of stuff accumulated over the last 40+ years of married life. The stuff went to a combination of the skip, charity and for sale. We are not adding to the clutter now and the next big clearout will probably be if and when we downsize although we do get rid of a bit more every now and then - we are very tidy people anyway which helps. We used to have a camper van (Vantage Neo) but we sold that 4 years after I retired as we had had enough of camping having done that throughout our time together. We now tour around the UK and the continent in a convertible Mercedes using B&B / hotels and that is wonderful. We have travelled extensively throughout the world and even lived in Malaysia for 4 years so long haul holidays no longer have much interest to us. We don’t have an expensive lifestyle and prefer simple pleasures really and would rather go for a hike than go out on the town (never out on the town actually). We don’t skimp on the cost of things that we feel we need to buy such as clothes, cars equipment etc as we like good quality things. We are lucky that we have good salary based pensions so there will never be any money problems and hope that our good health continues to last. In the meantime we are making the most of it. We feel we have a fairly minimalist life as it’s just the two of us (no other friends and not interested to be honest) but it by no means a poor or miserable one. Money does not guarantee you a happy life but it sure makes it easier than not having enough so we feel blessed. Have a happy life yourself - you have the right idea.

Thank you

Excellent 👍 our twins are 16 and about to leave school this year...I am absolutely wracked with guilt when it comes to clearing out their nursery reports, paintings etc😢😢...but with 5 years until hubby retires it's time to make a start ❤ our motorhome is all we need - makes you realise how much, or how little, you actually need to be comfortable - Food, heat, water, wine ...and definitely a loo..cdnt be without that 😂😂 great vlog guys - will implement a few of your ideas. Thanks, Leanne

teacher from vienna 53 send thanks ! beginn to plan now, means beginn today with my clothes and shoes

OMG the stuff! I swear it breeds! We find it hard with many hobbies and the stuff that comes with hobbies. The biggest thing I struggle with is when things are too good to throw away but there is no where to give them away.

I worked in Corporate Finance but was made redundant in 2020, at first I was actively seeking employment, I got two different jobs but left them both after 3 months…I had been unemployed for 18 months by then and just didn’t enjoy being back in the working world! My husband is still working and will retire in 3 years….until then I am busy declutterring ready for downsizing to the coast somewhere!….

Well done guys. I'm on a similar journey but have 20+ years more stuff than you 😊. Look forward to reading more about your retirement.

Sound advice!

I love giving away my stuff (I've always bought quality and functionality over bling)- I've often not had a home base, so I like the idea of living out of a backpack, and I live in a precarious country, subject to civil defense emergencies, I like not being burdened with stuff

Minimalism is life !!🎉

I like what Dana k white said = we each have our own 'clutter threshold' of what fits. I find myself looking at various areas & saying 'that's too cluttered for me'. However, during the Christmas holidays, i seem to be able to tolerate more decor about myself. .. i also downszed = from a 4 bedrm to currently a studio.

Hi Richard & Jackie: Thank you so much for your dedicated time sharing of your experiences within your video. I’m in the center of my 50’s and owning of a leasehold property living independently so I know sometime crunch time will have to set in for Minimalizing of my own belongings if I’m to move on within my own life by the selling of my own home plus the pennies from the sale of the property will be useful for my own retirement. It’s a strange thing within human life as though when we get to a stage in our lives it’s something we realize the need to have to do this.. You video has proven very aspiring for given thoughts in my mind. I used to be a DJ some years ago where I’ve accumulated hundreds of Vinyl’s, I’m at the helm a loss of what to do with them other than to understand surely these can’t be disposed of at the recycling point. I was just curious would you have any suggestions from your own experiences when minimalizing, Because your spot on it is so difficult. I noticed too, a comment mentioned about the Security of your money in your bank. Banks I’m to believe don’t pay a lot of interest today nor are they as they were once thought to be the high security points for our monies, Have you thought about Premium Bonds, My friend is in semi-retirement and has for a little while put a set amount into Premium Bonds and seems to be doing well with it, Just thought I’d mention it to you both. All the very best for your good future ahead from me Steven in Manchester, You will notice too, My thumbnail showing a Mercedes Vario Van, I’ve started the process of converting it to a Motorhome to live in, independently. Take Care, I have subscribed to your Channel too.

Less can never be more. More does not define better.

Thanks for sharing your honest, heartfelt decisions about your new minimalist life ....... I really empathise with your views. I watched your vlog on the Picos ( I really love this place ) but having watched your videos (we really do know what you look like) perhaps your mugshots on most of the stills are a little distracting !

I think I’m a work in progress 😂. Still got the family home and it’s stuffed with stuff. Initially got rid of work clothes ( suits etc) but I look in the loft and despair 😩. I feel we decluttered so much after retirement but the fact I’m embarrassed to say the number of wardrobes I have is a clear indication I need to do more. I did however do really well with sorting finances so I’m on the right path. Great video though!

I'm retiring imminently & with it in mind for the past few years, i've bought nothing whatsoever than what i've needed. I've also got rid of unnecessary monthly outgoings via d.d/standing orders & my outgoings werent that much before, but are since very very low...I live a simple & frugal life. My next step is to declutter the house & i've left it until now because the thought of it has always overwhelmed me, I think due to being on my own with just the one daughter who lives away. Doing such things, any important tasks alone causes me anxiety. On downsizing your home, was there capital gains tax to pay on the profit made in your sold home? I don't know whether to downsize or just rent it out, as my retirement (proper) will be spent overseas & travelling various countries before deciding on a place to settle overseas.

Again a very thought provoking vlog. I’d be really interested to know what the subject areas that you taught were and also how you have adapted to the change in role that you have now you’re “just” human beings rather than teachers I suppose the declutterring helps you adapt to the change in personal role Thanks again ❤

What a great video which seems to touch on a kind of spiritual emptiness that clutter often encourages. I can see that with our own small house with the bewildering amount of clothing, knick- knacks and tranklements that our two grown ups constantly buy to literally stuff into rooms, cupboards and spaces that are already overflowing. This results in tension, arguments etc and I long for a minimalist approach of the sort you describe. Like you , I am a teacher and recognize the accrued resources you tend to build up whether physical or digital that will come in handy for the next cohort. There’s a lot of focus at the moment on how people can’t afford retire or need to keep working until they drop ..almost trying to shame or make people feel guilty about retiring early. I am not sure what their agenda is by trying to promote-indirectly- endless work ( could be large state/ high tax advocates!) but it’s not an appealing one. I will be 60 next year and want to retire soon..many teaching colleagues have taken early retirement in their 50s and you articulate well that this is about choices , lifestyles and planning-thank you for sharing your experiences.

Loved your video, you seem just lovely people . Just chuck your phone in the bin, then you'll increase your life by 90% ..go back to the old school of life and you'll thrive! ❤❤

I'm minimalist, I keep what matters, nice big warm house, nice large garden, 2 big dogs and 4 holidays a year, thank you

We downsized in 2017 and it took us 2 years to achieve it. It took a further year after moving to get rid of even more stuff.

Great Vlog and I am on a similar journey but boy is it liberating and challenging....but I see it as growth so that makes it all OK. Can I recommend a book for Richard called the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle....its just brilliant and sort of my Bible! Looking forward to your future Vlogs

Great video thank you I early retired a year ago and am starting to feel hemmed in by "stuff" it's hard ... what did you do with old photos? I thought about photographing them again as I now use cloud storage so can dispose of old one but they are a tactile thing .. flipping boxes of my late dad's pictures ❤ any advise welcome and hope u2 continue to get out and enjoy life ❤

What a helpful video! Do you have a little car as well as your van?

Love this video. I am 54 and have 32 years in as an educator. Would love to retire. Have many worries about quality of life when I retire this young. Can you please do a video that explains how you find your new purpose when retiring from education? I’m afraid I’ll fall into sedentary behaviors and I’m always concerned will my money last as my body ages . Have you addressed those issues as well?

Interesting I would like to know what kind of teacher you were. If you have a specific subject you are interested in. I guess biology and geography. My husband and I have bought a little house in a village near a lake, a forest, a small mountain and I've got a big garden. We sold our flat in Spain and decided to stay in Sweden when we will retire in a few years time. We have very few things even though I find something to declutter every day. I do agree that LESS IS MORE. I think it's very important to have dreams and to make the dreams come true. I wish you good luck with your new life.❤ Ulla-Marie

Love your video! ❤That’s exactly what I want to do but don’t know if I have enough money to be able to afford early retirement?

I need to get my wife to watch this 🙏

Has your van proved a good choice in terms of your travels. Your keen on minimalism, this must mean a small camper van has less room than many regular travellers may accept. I ask because we love that van. But don’t own one yet, and are looking to retire early next year. We’ve been gradually downsizing slowly, aiming to travel and shrinking our UK living down into a small 2 bed retirement flat. With Parking for the VW. And our plan is not to be in the UK for winters at all. We have been inspired by your story and applying your less is more approach to our own future. Would you survive quite comfortably in your van for 3 months at a time away from base? Will you stay with that size vehicle, or do you aim to trade up for bigger. We like the idea of being able to squeeze into small villages and narrow park ups thinking it blends in as an ordinary vehicle. We also like cities and may wish to enter car parks easily too. Do you see any negatives? Thank you.

i retired from teaching at 47. was a great decision to get into teaching but an even better decision to leave 20 years later.

My wife and I are longing to do something similar. Down size and travel. When decluttering what did you do with books, records, family photos etc?

We’re in process of downsizing, not so much as you have but healthcare in US is soooo $$$. $1500/2 healthy adults. 😩 so I continue working as a travel nurse which allows me more time off but not easy.

For me “Action Trumps strategy” helped me!

I admire what you're doing, but I think it would be tough to emulate for those of us who had children later in life, which is something of a growing trend I think. Add to that the quintupling of house prices in the past 30 years, while the average salary has doubled, and you can see it will be nigh on impossible for successive generations to cash in on their real estate, because they simply won't have any. I do think that retiring early is a state of mind and can be achieved anyway, but your position, partly by dint of demographics, is quite privileged. I'm not suggesting you haven't worked hard. But hard work is only just paying the bills for most right now. Good luck to you, and I hope you do inspire more people to jump off that treadmill. I certainly plan to follow roughly in your footsteps. I'm about one generation behind you, and also in a more fortunate position than many, for which I'm grateful. Cheers.

I think if I ever had to put stuff in storage, I'd label each box. "This contains X,Y and Z. If you haven't needed to open before (date four years from now), discard without opening." 😊

Now that we are in our mid-late fifties, with one son still living with us, we are consciously trying to stop adding to Xmas decorations and trying to put less up in the attic each year. Each Friday is email unsubscribe day, at least one subscription is novated. Amazon has been great for tools, led lights and incredibly cheaper than bricks and mortar shops, but this year I do Amazon free days, how many days can I get without a purchase of items in my basket

Do you still have 'stuff' in the storage unit? Or has that all gone... I'm looking around my house now and thinking sooo much of this could go and l wouldn't miss it..its actually terrifyingly exciting....lve always found it hard to let go of stuff and thats all it is..stuff..maybe this is a new beginning...😂

I appreciate your input! But...I disagree that downsizing is difficult... It's actually super easy once you decide to do it. We've been taught from birth that more is better....when (if) you realize it's all bs.... it's so obvious that less is more! It's a matter of thinking for yourself and not caring what others think. 😉 It's absolutely amazing how gullible we've all been and just drinking the Kool aid without thinking. 😂

It's all very well but when you have no one to share the process with, after a few years of sharing only with yourself, there is a danger of lack of meaning 😢