More 4 Me: What Can(t) You Live Without?

This movie More 4 Me looks incredible, and has an extremely important message about consumption, material possessions and values. A documentary filmmaker hit the streets (and fields) around the world to ask people in all nations what the one thing they can’t live without. The answers varied from designer shoes to the simple luxury of water.

It is astonishing how blinded we can be in our Western bubble full of convenience and extravagance. It really makes you think – perhaps a better question is… what CAN I live without?

Here are some of the things I’m almost certain I could live without:

1. Another new cellphone.
2. Approximately 30 different colors of nail polish.
3. New high thread-count sheets, when I can barely control my linen closet.
4. Lunch that costs me more each day than most people make in a week.
5. A box of Christmas cookies when I have 5lbs of excess Halloween candy at home.
6. Another pair of boots because six can’t possibly be enough.
7. A pantry full of food that goes stale, and thus, in the garbage.
8. Yet another handbag, despite it being “freaking adorable.”
9. More new books when there is a perfectly good library up the street.
10. A $12 glass of wine because I’m “celebrating.”

Some things I can’t live without, and am thankful for:

1. God’s love and guidance.
2. My loving, caring family.
3. A supportive network of friends.
4. Julian.
5. Eyes that see, ears that hear, hands that can make and legs that can get me from place to place.
6. A job that allows me to have a roof over my head, basic sustenance (food and water), health care when I need it, and the ability to create, inspire, educate and impact.

As far as I know, this film is still seeking a distribution company. I really hope they find one, because I’d love to see this full-length! Movie website is here: more4memovie.com