Trey was smiling before we even started.

Outgoing, personable, completely present. And then he started talking about money — not in the way people usually talk about money.

About a shirt that looks worn but is clean. About an apartment chosen because it was affordable and predictable. About the quiet, deliberate practice of living below your means not as a sacrifice but as a philosophy.

Trey has figured something out about sustainable living that most people with far more resources never do. And he talked about it with a smile on his face the whole time.

This is the final episode from A Place At The Table in Raleigh. You’ll also hear what I said before I walked in — and what I said when I left.

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