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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1172: The Simple Guide to a Clutter-Free Home by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares the simple guide to a clutter-free home. Episode 1172: The Simple Guide to a Clutter-Free Home by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/the-simple-guide-to-a-clutter-free-home/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily episode 1172,

0:04.5

the simple guide to a clutter-free home by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com,

0:09.8

and I'm Justin Mollick. Welcome to the podcast where I simply read blogs to you for free,

0:14.8

like a gigantic ongoing audiobook with many different authors,

0:18.0

today's post being from Joshua Becker, a super popular minimalist,

0:21.6

and I'll keep this intro nice and short, so let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

0:30.4

The simple guide to a clutter-free home by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com.

0:37.2

Quote, have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

0:44.2

William Morris. I've lived most of my life in a cluttered home,

0:48.5

closets were full, drawers wouldn't shut, things weren't put away,

0:53.0

and unfinished projects could be found in most rooms. That was unless somebody was coming over,

0:58.3

then the entire family would pitch in to make sure the house was presentable.

1:02.0

Looking back, the problem with the clutter wasn't that we didn't notice or care,

1:05.8

instead the problem was we could never get ahead of the mess,

1:08.8

or ever seem to develop a system that would keep our home clutter-free.

1:12.8

But that is no longer the case. Today, almost every room in our home rests in a state of order,

1:20.0

free from the life-robin presence of physical clutter. Over the past several years,

1:24.0

we have found a system that works very well for our family of four,

1:27.4

and I'm perfectly confident you can do the same, no matter how far away from clutter-free your home

1:32.3

may seem. Consider implementing the four steps found in this simple guide to keeping your home

1:37.4

clutter-free. Number one, believe it is possible. Most of us know it is entirely possible to live in

1:44.0

a clutter-free environment. I imagine that is what attracts you to this guide. You were just looking

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