so for me I started with a thing called a packing party so Josh and I decided to I mentioned it a little bit earlier we decided to pack up all my belongings as if I were moving and then I would unpack only the items I needed over the next 3 weeks so this was huge for me like that's really the beginning of it that's the beginning of the minimalist.org noticed even though they were from all different walks of life they all shared at least two things in common they were living simple lives and um they were happy they were called themselves minimalist so I'm like all right I'm a minimalist great