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Podcast 475 | Going Without
The Minimalists talk about going without the things that get in the way.
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Discussed in This Episode
- How do I let go of my phone distractions to be more productive?
- What’s one thing you’d like to go without this year?
- What happened when The Minimalists were recently hacked?
- Will The Minimalists return to social media after going without for a year?
- Listener reflection: the less you want, the more satisfied you are.
- How do I let go of the pernicious influences that shape my identity?
- Now that my life is clutter-free, how can I help others live with less?
- How do I release the shame caused by my own unrealistic expectations?
- What things, activities, commitments, and traditions do The Minimalists think people should take a moment to consider putting aside this year?
- Malabama talks about her experience of going without TV, home internet, and video games for the last 10 months.
- More About Less: The Container Store files for bankruptcy.
- How ‘bout dem apples!
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- The only worthwhile goal is to live in the present moment.
- Your letting-go muscle atrophies whenever you cling.
- Exchange online conformity for offline clarity.
- You don’t own your things if your things own you.
- The paradox of obtaining a coveted thing is that you never desired the possession; you desired the desire.
- The moment you possess a new possession that possession begins to possess you.
- Every possession has the ability to dispossess.
- The objects of your desire degenerate into the objects of your discontent.
- The things you wanted never wanted you in the first place.
- Every label that is clung to becomes a false identity.
- To save a bird from falling, you will have to stop it from flying.
- Expectations are trojan horses filled with future regret.
- If everything is precious, nothing is precious.
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