Liam Lubitz

Social inequalities spark prejudices in people. Racial, gender, and wealth inequality, mainly are the things that kids pick up on as they grow up based off of the life that they were born into. These prejudices make people think they are better, or less than someone else because of something they are or have and diminish people to the thing that they are being discriminated for.
I cant even begin to tell you how many homeless people I have come across in nyc who I thought should have more than what they do because of they pure talent they have. But all that most New Yorkers see is another obstacle in their daily commute.
Seeing people called stupid or being discriminated against for anything at all makes me so mad. Everyone is smart in their own way. It doesn't have to be the same kind of intelligent that you have. That's why I like listening to people who need to be listened to because it's a chance for me to learn something new, and geez, it's a chance for them to be able to speak without being doubted. 
I dont know if this answerd the question but I guess my point is, social inequalities pull people apart worse than high school cliques.

I can get my family to stop using plastic water bottles. They've already voiced how over priced they are and half the time I see them getting thrown out with half of the water still in them (my brother mainly, takes a sip then leaves it. It's an OCD habit that he has always kind of had which is why a reusable with his name on it or something might be better)

I can also try and break my own habit of getting too much water to drink from the fridge, then pouring the rest out. I can just take the cup with me in my room and stay even more hydrated.

If I'm in dire need of a bag I will use one but I'll shove all the items i can into it.
Often times, stores also have boxes lying around that they used for shipping the products so those are actually more sturdy than a plastic bag if I have a lot of items!

To prevent the use of the bags in general, I could just bring reusable totes with me when I go shopping. Right now I don't shop much but when I do start living on my own, that's what I plan to do.
ALSO A PSA FOR PEOPLE WHO USE REUSABLE BAGS AT THE GROCERY STORE:
Don't forget to wash your bags! It is easy for them to collect germs and bacteria on the bottom. You're putting your food in these so make sure they're clean!

I can take my sister's dog for a walk (he needs more leash training anyway) in the park area near my house!
(I actually tried to last week but someone was flying a drone and the poor dog practically dragged me back home, he was terrified)
I wish I could work out with, or be competitive with my friends, but they don't have an interest :/

Creativity is necessary for practicing simplicity because to live simply, you need to improvise a lot.
For instance, if you need something, but you don't have it, but you have something similar to that thing, it is good to have a creative mind to be able to use one object as multiple!
An example is that in my room, I have a folding table that I use as a desk. It provides me more space than a regular desk so that I can do artwork. I never bought this table though, I found it in the basement at my grandma's house and she told me I could use it! It is a part of my lifestyle now.
Or that I needed something to hang my headset (for video games) so I re-purposed my old guitar stand to do the job.
In fact, I hardly bought anything new when I moved earlier this year because I just took the things other people didn't want, and made them work for me.

Practicing gratitude, or general positivity, keeps me motivated by keeping me out of a negative mindset. 
Yeah, I do still get days where I can't get out of bed or I just cant get started. But instead of saying to myself "you're being lazy" and mulling over it all day to feel worse the next day, i tell myself "it's okay and you'll pick it up tomorrow full force" and then give myself a well needed break (and then actually work harder the next day).
Talking kinder to yourself really does change how you function.