Jenn & Brandon

Sorry for the break in episodes. We are back. We are super happy and feel so free finally being done. We find out where we are moving in ONE day. We are sooo excited. We also introduce our newest family members. Our fur babies!!

This week's episode is started off by the true minimalist master, Brandon. He discusses three points 1. Try to think of what you take backpacking, this helps channel what things you actually need. 2. Decrease your waste by being intentional with your purchases. 3. If you can re-buy an item from a store within 10 minutes and you can't remember the last time you used that item, you probably don't need it. Brandon is definitely the organizer out of the two of us and he loves to share great tips and tricks. So here is part 2 of possibly many other parts in the future.

Yes, our name has changed. Honestly, we are so excited we made this change. We were wishing we had just started out this podcast originally as Zo Agape, but we didn't so oh well. Living Simply was fun, but on to bigger and better things! Zo Agape is here to stay. So this podcast is all about what Zo Agape means to use!

It is said, from my very reliable source of google, that people speak around 5000 words a day. You think that would mean we are all pros by now right? Haha that is definitely not the case for Brandon and I. This episode we attack one of our biggest weaknesses… communication. We talk about how we have worked on improving this topic over the last 7 years by being clear with what is bothering us, not creating expectations for the other person, and using the “higher standards” principle. It is not an easy subject and by no means we are experts. We are constantly trying to grow and that is all you can do. Be the best person you can be today.

Minimialism is a unique journey for every single person, there is no right way or wrong way! What is important is that every piece you have, you value. Today we talk about 3 points that we have learned from our van adventures last year. 1. Minimalism looks different for everyone 2. As long as it brings you joy it is okay to keep it 3. Try going 3 months without it and see if you miss it before actually getting rid of it. 

This has to be my favorite episode we have recorded this far. We start out by tackling chapter one of The Power of Habit. Set a goal for yourself to break a habit during this podcast! Also, we had so much fun telling stories of our van adventures. We talk about picking up a hitchhiker from AK to the Banff border, riding all over the US on our Walmart bikes, and even hitting a patch of ice in the van... Yes we took out the mirror and I may have thrown up from being rapidly woken up from the accident at 3am. Haha this episode was so fun. 

First off, exciting news on a new journey of self improvement! This is so important to Bran and I and we wanted to get our listeners involved. Also, we will be talking all about how we bought our van Jolene and converted it! Don’t worry Bran didn’t go too far in the weeds on the conversion part! We kept it simple because I know everyone is not a fan of an in depth conversation of ohms, watts and amps😋 We may have had to re-record a few times because Bran really got carried away with in depth stuff. You should have seen my face, even I was slightly lost haha😂

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Sick of watching your hard earned money go directly to hundreds of dollars of interest every month? Yes, us too! We got in a deep hole of debt so we decided to take out the biggest shovels we could find and started digging. After a full year, we are now debt free and we feel FREE! We are by no means professionals, but in this podcast we just discuss how we got into debt, what we did to get out of debt and what we learned along the way! Be intentional with every purchase you make.