Well, hello there and welcome back my friends. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to the second bonus episode in the real life sustainable minimalist series. On today's show I'm speaking with Muriel Garberino and we are

discussing what it is like to be 22 years old and facing an uncertain

future on an uncertain planet.

So that's where I'm really hoping our chat goes today.

I want to say thank you first and foremost

to all the listeners who reached out with feedback on our first episode in this bonus series.

The overwhelming feedback was that I was not as laid back and cool and calm as I thought I was in my head.

So everybody just watch out.

I'm gonna be super cool and laid back on today's episode,

or at least I'm really gonna to try to get out of my interview habits.

Muriel, how are you?

I am doing well, Stephanie. How are you?

I'm good. I'm so excited to talk to you. You had sent me a really

wonderful email all about your sustainable minimalist journey and why don't we start there give us your 30 second

elevator pitch who are you and what do you do? So my name is Muriel Garberino I'm a

22 year old and I live in Michigan.

I recently graduated college with a degree

in National Resources Management. I studied at Grand Valley State University and I love the outdoors and that is

kind of what pushed me to study that and want to do that as my job.

So what are you doing these days as a job?

I work for my county's Parks and recreation department and I'm on what's called the

stewardship crew so we do land stewardship activities like removing invasive

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