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Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to episode 212 of the Sustainable

Minimalist Podcast, a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show, we are discussing an item's potential.

What on earth do we do with those items

that have potential or have potential value

but don't have it currently?

What do we do with that stuff?

What would a minimalist do? So today I'm answering Liz from

Ottawa's question. I'm going to let Liz ask her question and then I'm going to go ahead and get into my answer and my best thoughts for her and anybody else struggling

with the potential question. So here's Liz.

Hi my name is Liz from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I have a question about people who like to repurpose things. So I have a woodworking shop and I really like repairing, thick, and building things.

And my wife is very into gardening,

and so always is going around on garbage day

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