 Hi, thanks for having me to present my speech tonight, but I'm so stressed out right now that I'll have to do another thing instead So I'm heading out for a six-week vacation to Latin America and being in such an exotic place for the first time I have no idea what to pack with me. So here's my bag. Let's pack this together, okay? Gentlemen in the front, what would be the first thing you would put into the bag? Good shoes, okay Great. Now, raise those shoes up on your hand and throw them into the bag. Not literally. Thank you Next, lady in the front, what would be your thing to put into the bag? T-shirt, great choice. That's a good start. Now throw it in the bag. There we go Okay, we're gonna need a lot of things in that dangerous Latin America. To make this faster, everybody think of an object and at the count of three, you will throw it into my bag, okay? So three, two, one, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Thank you. Oh, that's heavy Okay, we've got to have everything we need. Let's see. Nice. Okay, dozens pairs of shoes Yeah, three-week worth of emergency food supplies and the complete collection of how I met your mother DVD set Everything I need for a vacation Right, right We've all been there Packing all those I might need these things until our bags ripped from its seams My most recent case was this exact trip to Latin America six months ago until Destiny decided to join in When I broke my back in a basketball game I was terrified How could I get on with my trip? I mean my bag can't carry this bag around anymore I'll have to come up with a solution fast or I'll just have to give up on my adventure What should I do? I don't know should I get a roller bag? Oh No, that's too clumsy. I Don't know. Should I adopt an alpaca to carry my gear around? That's stupid. Oh, screw it. I'm just gonna leave without any stuff at all any stuff at all Hmm After hours of research Inspired by a group of minimalist travelers. I said foot on my journey wearing nothing, but This the good old fanny pack I Had carefully selected These 30 items to carry with me Some of you think I'm a little bit crazy People thought it would be impossible Yes, I was scared but excited Originally a problem. It had turned into a personal challenge Passport wallet truth brush among a few other things. I traveled alone from Chile to Colombia Saw the world Marvel Machu Picchu Swem with giant turtles and dance salsa till early morning Now you ask me how did I manage with such few things? well anti-bacterial Mernival clothing Accepting the fact that you'll be wearing the exact same clothes day to day for six weeks and a pinch of creativity To wash my clothes. I shard myself with my clothes on and let them dry by my bed overnight Unfortunately My pants wouldn't really dry. So the next morning I'd have to wear my jacket as a skirt My son a little extreme some But on the other hand, I was as agile as ever every morning. I got up Dressed my naked body and rushed off into new adventures with no hallbacks Flying back to Finland. I questioned myself How could I grasp these sensations of? happiness Back at home as well You see possessing material comes at a cost Imagine that the average three bedroom apartment in Finland Holds the number of 12,000 objects 12,000 objects to worry about storing being broken your children choking on them all kinds of yearly maintenance and insurances On my trip. I had 30 that's less than a percent of the things Less than a percent of the worry breaking my back forced me to stop and rethink my relationship with material today I Have donated away the majority of my possession cleaned up my calendar and Only kept the necessary I've created myself space and time To enjoy life again now