1168: Committing to No Commitments by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Simple Living & Minimalism

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🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares his thoughts on committing to no commitments. Episode 1168: Committing to No Commitments by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Simple Living & Minimalism Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so--that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can’t cook. The original post is located here: http://exilelifestyle.com/committing-commitments/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1168,
0:03.3	committing to no commitments by calling right of Exile lifestyle.com, and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:09.3	Happy Thursday, welcome back, or welcome for the first time if you're new here.
0:12.9	This is where I simply read to you every single day of the year, including weekends and holidays,
0:17.2	from many different authors, the best I can find, with their permission.
0:21.8	For now, let's get right to the post as we optimize your life.
0:24.8	Committing to no commitments by calling right of Exile lifestyle.com
0:34.8	A few years ago, I made a decision to stop committing, long term at least.
0:40.0	Think of how many commitments you have in your life.
0:42.7	Agreements and contracts and relationships, they'll be with you for years into the future.
0:48.3	Now imagine what life would be like without those commitments.
0:51.5	These days, monetary commitments are a big part of what make large purchases viable.
0:55.9	An iPhone would cost upwards of $600 off contract and not locked into any particular phone
1:01.2	company. Commit for two years, though, and you get it for a fraction of that cost.
1:06.6	Unfortunately, these commitments are often harmful long term.
1:10.5	Not only are you locked into using that network for two years,
1:13.6	you're also committed to paying a certain amount of money every month for that duration.
1:18.0	Your overhead is increased and will remain increased regardless of how your life changes in
1:23.0	the meantime. Similarly, most people rent apartments for a year or more at a time.
1:28.5	This is the kind of decision that impacts everything you do.
1:31.9	You're stuck in that apartment for at least a year and short of breaking the contract,
1:36.5	which can be tricky to do, you have no way out.
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