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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1439: Get Rid of Half of Your Stuff by Tynan on How To Start With Minimalism & Simple Living for A Better Life

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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

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🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Tynan shares his thoughts on getting rid of half of your stuff. Episode 1439: Get Rid of Half of Your Stuff by Tynan on How To Start With Minimalism & Simple Living for A Better Life Tynan was named as one of the top 25 best bloggers in 2013 by Time Magazine. He believes in making deliberate decisions and breaking away from the herd mentality. He likes learning new things, building habits, exposing the world, connecting with awesome people, and creating good work. The New York Times Bestseller “The Game” featured him as one of the main characters, as he was one of the most famous pickup artists in the world. In 2008, he sold everything he owned and went on an extended world trip, becoming a fervent minimalist. Fun facts: he’s a college dropout, was a professional poker player, Courtney Love was his roommate for 9 months, and he once built a swimming pool in his living room. The original post is located here: http://tynan.com/minimalism Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.3

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1:34.3

Get rid of half of your stuff by tying in of tying in.com.

1:38.3

I had to double and then triple check this, but apparently I've never written a post on minimalism before.

1:45.3

Then again I live in an RV smaller than your walking closet so I don't suppose this post will come as a surprise to anyone.

1:51.3

Still it's probably worth writing a few paragraphs about it for anyone who is considering pairing down but has a lot of work to do.

1:57.3

Back when I was a professional gambler and made a ton of money, I did what anyone with a lot of money would do.

2:03.3

I bought a house.

2:05.3

My house was about 1800 square feet which isn't a big house by today's standards, but is quite a lot of space for one person.

2:11.3

What I didn't consider was that a house comes bundled with pressure to fill it with stuff.

2:17.3

So my did.

2:18.3

I bought tables, couches, chairs, beds, and knickknacks, plants, pots, pans, dishes,

2:26.3

and four robotic lawnmowers.

2:28.3

I converted one of the rooms into a movie theater and another into a warehouse to store all of my stuff.

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