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I'd come home each day from school… I was about six
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The Minimalists: Less Is Now

I'd come home each day from school…I was about six

I'd come home each day from school…
I was about six

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I'd come home each day from school… I was about six.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:13
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Booklight Productions,Catalyst Films

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Movie Summary

The Minimalists have reworked this phrase to create a sense of urgency for today’s consumer culture: now is the time for less.
I would find Mom just passed out on the couch day after day after day. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
I would find Mom just passed out on the couch day after day ...
It became this normal occurrence and… - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:13
It became this normal occurrence and…
As things started unraveling, Mom's drinking got worse. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
As things started unraveling, Mom's drinking got worse.
Now don't get me wrong, my mom was a good person with a good heart - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
Now don't get me wrong, my mom was a good person with a...
Somewhere along the way, she'd simply lost a sense of meaning in her life. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
Somewhere along the way, she'd simply lost a sense of m...
And I knew the only way for me to break the cycle, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
And I knew the only way for me to break the cycle,
I remember back when I was a teenager, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
I remember back when I was a teenager,
And you should have seen some of the houses we worked in. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
And you should have seen some of the houses we worked in.
Some of them were unbelievably fancy. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
Some of them were unbelievably fancy.
Ten thousand square foot garages, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
Ten thousand square foot garages,
Nothing I aspired to own myself, but it was pretty impressive. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
Nothing I aspired to own myself, but it was pretty impressiv...
And then, one day, we started to work on this really, really nice house. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
And then, one day, we started to work on this really, really...
It wasn't like a multi-million-dollar nice house, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
It wasn't like a multi-million-dollar nice house,
The walls in their home, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
The walls in their home,
And the stuff in their home, it filled every nook and cranny. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
And the stuff in their home, it filled every nook and cranny...
I pictured how happy I would be if I could just own a house like that, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
I pictured how happy I would be if I could just own a house ...
So, I turned to my dad and I asked him, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:21
So, I turned to my dad and I asked him,
Then, during my senior year of high school, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:13
Then, during my senior year of high school,
So I told him, "I don't know what I'm going to do, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:15
So I told him, "I don't know what I'm going t...
We got sales jobs and we started earning 50 grand. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
We got sales jobs and we started earning 50 grand.