1460: How An Early Failure Jumpstarted My Intentional Living Journey by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Simplicity

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch shares how an early failure jumpstarted his intentional living journey. Episode 1460: How An Early Failure Jumpstarted My Intentional Living Journey by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Simplicity After years of impulse spending on Amazon and elsewhere, Anthony Ongaro realized that his one-click purchase habits were more of a physical Twitch than an intentional action. It turned out, this Twitch wasn’t just limited to online spending. It applied to social media, impulsive smartphone usage, and more. Break the Twitch is all about minimizing distractions and doing more of what matters. Check out Anthony's new book, Break the Twitch: http://breakthetwitch.com/book The original post is located here: https://www.breakthetwitch.com/sixth-grade/ 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 1460.
0:03.1	How an Early Failure jump started my intentional living journey by Anthony and Garro of BreakTheTwitch.com.
0:09.5	Animator Justin Mollick reading you blogs or articles every single day of the year
0:14.1	to help you live a more meaningful life, covering personal growth, self-help,
0:18.0	minimalism, productivity, happiness, and more.
0:21.8	For now let's get right to the post as we optimize your life.
0:24.9	How an Early Failure jump started my intentional living journey by Anthony and Garro of BreakTheTwitch.com.
0:36.4	I spent the last week in my hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
0:39.6	I'm heading back to Minneapolis today but I've had a great time visiting family and friends here.
0:44.0	I've been staying with my parents in the house where I grew up which means I've spent
0:47.4	quite a bit of time sitting in a great deal of my own history. One of my tasks for this trip
0:52.4	was to start going through my early life possessions to make some decisions about what I'd
0:56.2	like to keep around. My parents have kept the overwhelming majority of the artwork,
1:00.4	report cards, and various things I created or received during my youth.
1:04.8	There's been quite an experience opening up the big Tupperware storage containers and going
1:08.7	through piece by piece. Sorting through, it's nice to think back and remember periods of my life
1:13.4	associated with the things I'm finding. It's really the reminder of the memory itself that feels
1:18.0	much more significant than the physical thing that cues it. While the past can't be changed,
1:23.2	it is important and holds a great deal of value in what we can learn from it. Whether good or bad,
1:28.5	it's all a part of the journey that we can reflect back upon to better ourselves going forward.
1:33.5	One of the more interesting things that I found is my elementary and middle school report cards.
1:38.2	Although they're nearly two decades old, they are telling me if my current path.
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