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10 REASONS I LOVE Camping in 10 Minutes
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Jun 8, 2025
Why do I keep going back to the woods? In this video, I’m sharing 10 personal reasons why camping is more than just a hobby—it’s a way of life. From disconnecting from the daily grind to reconnecting with nature, these are the things that keep me coming back to the wilderness, season after season. Whether you're a seasoned outdoorsman or just getting started, you'll probably relate to a few of these. Let me know in the comments which reasons speak to you—or if there's something I missed! 🔪 Gear, mindset, solitude, and the simple beauty of a campfire... it’s all in here. 👉 Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell so you never miss a new adventure from the Prepared Wanderer. Stay safe, stay prepared. See you on the trail. #Camping #Bushcraft #PreparedWanderer #OutdoorLife #WhyICamp Prepared Wanderer AMAZON STORE: https://bit.ly/3Jjs1iO Prepared Wanderer Patches and Stickers: https://thepreparedwanderer.bigcartel.com Prepared Wanderer WEBSITE: https://preparedwanderer.com
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in today's video I'm going to tell you
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10 reasons why I love to camp stick
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around all
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right so I'm out here camping um in
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Alageney National Forest this weekend
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with some friends and I thought it'd be
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a great opportunity to talk to you guys
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about one of the reasons that I love to
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camp and
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uh why I wanted to make the video is
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because every time um I go out camping
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and I tell people that I'm going to be
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camping
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um they always have this kind of puzzled
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look on their face like um I'm insane
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and then you know they always ask "Oh so
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you probably have a a camper right?" No
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where do you sleep at well I sleep in my
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hammock or on the ground under a tarp or
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in my
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tent and then the the the look on their
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face becomes just pure disgust
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um I think most
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modern civilized people um these days
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don't seem to like to to camp anymore
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they find it uncomfortable
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and I've been camping my whole life and
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it's something I don't ever see giving
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up not this type of camping anyway until
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I can't physically do it so I wanted to
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share with you guys 10 reasons why I
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love to camp and what I think makes
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camping such a great experience for
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people and I wish more people would do
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it in no particular order here's the
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list so number 10 uh getting outside in
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nature is such a big deal i mean look at
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this place it is gorgeous the sun is
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rising there's a woodpecker in the
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background the trees are beautiful it's
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everything's starting to green up so
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just getting back to nature um is a big
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deal for me at least it really recharges
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my
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batteries number nine the food i love
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cooking at home and cooking outside is
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uh such a process it takes a little bit
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longer it takes a little bit more
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planning sometimes and of course the
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flavor is just so amazing with the smoke
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um you know I love grilling meat or
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cooking up something over a fire and and
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sharing it with friends is is awesome
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number eight sleeping outside uh there
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is something about sleeping outside that
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is just um fantastic like last night um
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I'm in my hammock and there's an owl um
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above me in the tree that my hammock is
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on and he's calling and um I mean you
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can't buy that right and that experience
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is awesome but also I feel like
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sometimes I sleep better um more soundly
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uh when I'm camping just because I'm so
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much more relaxed and then of course you
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know the cool breeze and the stars and
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the quiet um it it's just uh I can't
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explain it just it's such a great
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experience um better than sleeping at
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home sometimes
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number seven camaraderie um camaraderie
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is a big part of camping for me because
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a lot of times I camp with friends and
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it's a chance for us to come together um
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maybe we haven't seen each other for a
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while like this group of guys that I'm
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out with this weekend we haven't been
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together um for a year and um which is
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way too long but you know when we get
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together it's just like old times and we
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sit around the campfire and tell stories
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and joke and bust on each other and um
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it's I love it it's just uh I feel a lot
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lighter when I get home it's it's very
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um I don't know it's therapeutic for
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sure just to sit around and laugh with
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some good friends there's a collection
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of about 20 kids i'm like "This is
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common."
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Number six travel the whole um uh
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process of travel has always been
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exciting for me started that you know
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with my parents they would take me out
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on on these trips all the time to go
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visit family or to go to different
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cities and explore um and you know they
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throw me in the back of the Omobile give
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me some snacks maybe we'd stop at
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McDonald's do something cool like that
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so um the process of travel and going to
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new places or even going to places that
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I've already been um is really exciting
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you know jumping in my truck stopping at
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the gas station picking up some snacks
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throwing on my tunes and just driving uh
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I love that whole process always have
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and I always will number five uh the
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physical activity of camping
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um is refreshing for sure just coming
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out and you know having having to carry
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your stuff to your campsite setting up
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your stuff um cutting
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wood you know sometimes uh work is at a
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desk and coming home you're tired and
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worn out and you just want to sit down
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and watch TV and relax and so the
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opportunity to be outside in the fresh
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air and getting some physical activity
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um is is awesome i love it i wish I did
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it more but um that's a very big part of
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camping is just um being able to get out
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here and move around and you know be um
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be on your feet moving around and doing
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stuff with your hands i love that whole
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aspect of it next is the gear i mean who
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doesn't love gear right i love gear um I
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love messing around with different types
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of tents and tarps um trying out
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different knives that I've I've picked
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up along the way um of course that's a
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big part of my channel is testing that
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kind of stuff out um and you know going
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out on the weekends at home is so much
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different than it is coming out here
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because out here this is like this is
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like laboratory right number three is
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self-reliance there is um something very
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satisfying about being able to do things
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with your hands and take care of
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yourself um you know that gets back of
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course once again to uh starting a fire
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cutting wood uh setting up a shelter um
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just taking care of yourself and um
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being able to do that unsupported
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um without a lot of modern conveniences
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with simple tools um and uh there's a
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lot of also a lot of problem solving at
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times you know what knot am I going to
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use for this ridge line um you know how
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am I going to uh cut this wood uh or how
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am I going to start this fire there's
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all these different aspects of camping
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that uh gets back to self-reliance and
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that of course goes back to the heritage
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of camping you know our whole country um
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started that way being very primitive
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striking out in the wilderness and and
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building something out of nothing so
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self-reliance is a big part of it number
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two is just coming out here and
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unplugging getting away from all the
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distractions of life um even though I'm
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using my phone to film stuff right now
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uh and I do um text with my wife a
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little bit um but I'm not on my phone as
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much for sure i'm not cruising social
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media uh I'm not watching videos i'm not
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shopping i'm not reading the news um you
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know I'm not reading my emails so all
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that stress um of modern life and
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technology goes away and um getting back
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to nature that whole unplugging aspect
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is is super beneficial for me and once
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again that goes back to recharging my
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batteries that's always you know uh a
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key component of camping for me and then
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number one reason why I love to camp is
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the memories there is so many great
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memories that I have out here and at
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other places and with other people
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camping um so many stories and uh things
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that I've seen and the things that I've
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done um you don't make memories um at
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the grocery store you don't make
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memories at work uh you don't make
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memories commuting to work memories are
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made at places like this and all these
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things I talked about uh the camaraderie
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and the unplugging and nature that all
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comes together and gives you fantastic
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memories so uh you know as I get older
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and I can't do this as much I always
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have those memories with me uh those
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don't go away i'll always have those and
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I can always look back um with a lot of
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uh gratitude uh that I was able to do
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all this out
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