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Well, hello there, listeners and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 359 of sustainable, minimalist.

What on earth do we talk about here? We talk about intentional and

eco-friendly minimalist living. On today's show we are talking about how you and I can

be influenced less,

be influenced less in a world of influencers.

Have you ever been influenced to buy something?

I'm willing to bet you have,

and it doesn't have to be the

fancy's manse online way. Influencer marketing that we come to know of today

in which a beautiful or handsome influencer with a large-ish following recommends a product and

sometimes we buy it. That's basically just the 2023 version of buying something because someone tells you you should right remember

pre-internet when we walked around the mall with our friends on Friday nights and you tried

on a shirt and oh my gosh your friend says you look so good

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