1466: Why Do I Have 7 Surfboards Operation Declutter by Joel of 5AM Joel on Mindful Spending

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Investing, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Joel of 5AM Joel initiates "Operation Declutter" Episode 1466: Why Do I Have 7 Surfboards Operation Declutter by Joel of 5AM Joel on Mindful Spending Joel is a 35-year old living in Los Angeles with his wife and their dog. He was born and raised in Australia and moved to the US when he was 22. About 4 years ago he started getting up every morning at 5am. It started as one of those 30 day challenges, but after the challenge was over, Joel never stopped. He started noticing major improvements in his work, health, relationships and happiness in life. Joel sends out a short daily message at 5am each morning. He writes about happiness, positivity and learning to be a better human. The original post is located here: http://5amjoel.com/7-surfboards-declutter/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1466.
0:05.6	Why do I have seven surfboards?
0:08.4	Operation D Clutter by Joel of 5amjole.com
0:13.2	and I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.
0:17.6	This is a show where I narrate posts from a wide variety of personal finance blogs.
0:22.5	We cover so much on this show from saving to investing to debt reduction and more.
0:27.8	So thank you for joining me today and every day.
0:31.6	Now let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.
0:39.6	Why do I have seven surfboards? Operation D Clutter by Joel of 5amjole.com
0:48.2	Time to declutter my life. It's time to get rid of some of the crap in my house.
0:53.8	I was looking around the other day and noticed the amount of clutter has built up to an
0:58.1	uncomfortable level. I'm not sure how I let it get this bad in the first place.
1:02.9	I mean, do I really need this seven different surfboards stored in our spare room?
1:08.1	Time to declutter. Actually, it gets worse. I have an additional three surfboards
1:13.5	stored at my wife's parents' house. So that's 10 surfboards total for only one person.
1:19.8	I am an idiot. Even professional surfers only surf one board at a time.
1:25.6	Anyway, out of my 10 boards, I really only regularly use one of them.
1:30.4	It's a hybrid board that's rideable in almost all surf conditions.
1:34.8	I keep telling myself that I'll use the other someday, but I never actually do.
1:39.9	I always end up riding the old faithful.
1:43.0	Also, I find it's easier to just use the same board all the time because I know exactly how
1:47.7	it's going to ride. So why keep the others? Why have 10 when one will do?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Optimal Living Daily LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Optimal Living Daily LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.