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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1424: Owning Less is Great. Wanting Less is Better & Don't Just Declutter, De-own by Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

2 short posts from Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist where he shares why owning less is great, but wanting less is better and don't declutter, rather de-own.  Episode 1424: Owning Less is Great. Wanting Less is Better & Don't Just Declutter, De-own by Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist  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/wanting-less/ & https://www.becomingminimalist.com/dont-just-declutter-de-own/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Nautic nature is ever changing and unpredictable.

0:05.1

Shifting between wind, sun and rain, but one thing is certain, this landscape shares its

0:10.8

goodness with us all.

0:12.6

Yard is the delicious plant-based oat drink, made with symbol all natural ingredients,

0:18.5

and organic oats grown and harvested in Nordic fields.

0:22.4

Yard, inspired by Nordic nature, find it in the Chilterial Turnitives Isle.

0:30.4

Ah, the sound of spring cleaning.

0:34.0

Steam clean your way to brighter bathrooms and sparkling kitchens with the carcass deen cleaner.

0:39.8

You'll be done before you know it, with more time to pitch your feet up.

0:44.8

Find your carcass deen cleaner at carcature.co.uk or a carcass retailer.

0:50.4

It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily episode 1424.

0:54.7

Owning less is great.

0:56.5

Wanting less is better.

0:58.8

And don't just declutter, de-own, both by Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com, and I'm

1:04.6

Justin Mollik, your personal narrator, reading to you every day, including holidays, just

1:08.3

like an audiobook, but free of charge, mostly from blogs, sometimes from books, and always

1:13.3

with permission from the websites, otherwise it would be copyright infringement.

1:17.2

And happy Monday to you, hope your week is off to a great start if you're listening

1:20.0

real time.

1:21.0

I have two posts for you today, both are from Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.

1:25.9

For now, let's get right to today's two posts as we optimize your life.

1:33.9

Owning less is great.

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