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And a Friday morning, we're at the end of the week.

I don't know what you've got planned for the weekend. I'm going to be packing boxes. I'm in the process of moving home and I don't know. Some people don't like it that much. I really like it. There's something about, I don't know, maybe it's giving things away, giving things up,

there's a sense of sort of clearing out and decluttering that happens when you move home.

Even moves that I've had in my life that have not necessarily been through choice where I've sort of had to move.

But even in those situations, I've quite enjoyed it.

There was one move in particular that I was reminded of as my wife and I were going through some things the other day deciding sort of what to give away and everything else.

And I was reminded of the time when actually sort of became a monk for the first time.

And the instructions for the monastery were to give everything away.

So as a monk or a nun before you go there,

you give all your belongings away.

At that stage, I'd been away traveling and stuff,

and so most of my stuff was at my parents' house.

I went back to my parents' house. went through a process probably over a number of weeks a month

Just giving everything away. It's a very strange experience, but also quite a liberating experience.

You know, I started with the wardrobe

and I got my clothes out and I thought,

okay, which friends would like these clothes?

And you know, they came round and they took them.

And even, I was just about to say I got rid of my tape

cassettes I realize that will sound I mean I sound really really old saying that

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