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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1662: Why Minimalism Is Essential To Doing More Of What Matters by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Creating Space

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch shares why minimalism is essential to doing more of what matters. Episode 1662: Why Minimalism Is Essential To Doing More Of What Matters by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Creating Space 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/minimalism-essential/ 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 1662. My minimalism is essential

0:06.8

to doing more of what matters by Anthony and Garo of BreakTheTwitch.com and I'm just a

0:11.9

mallager personal narrator reading to you every day including all the days and weekends.

0:16.4

I'll keep this intro short for minimalist Monday so let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

0:21.0

Why Minimalism is Essential to Doing More of What Matters by Anthony and Garo of BreakTheTwitch.com

0:33.2

Some questions I received recently inspired this perspective on why minimalism is essential for me.

0:38.8

There is no shortage of articles or videos about minimalism out there but this is important.

0:44.0

I share quite a bit about our own minimalism journey here on BreakTheTwitch. In fact it's the

0:48.9

reason why I started this blog. Minimalism is one of the core topics I talk about regularly

0:54.2

along with habits and creativity. In my world view minimalism is key to the framework for doing

1:00.8

more of what matters. I mean here's why it starts with minimalism. When Emeonize started out years

1:07.2

ago the idea of owning less stuff seemed pretty straightforward. The simple outcomes like having

1:13.1

less to organize, spending less on new purchases and a reduction of visual clutter made a lot of sense

1:19.7

along the way we absolutely realized those types of benefits along with many others.

1:24.4

We found ourselves with more time to dedicate to side projects and creative work. We figured out

1:29.7

how to travel much more than we ever did before. We've managed to substantially shift our diet

1:34.7

to healthier choices and exercise regularly each week. In one way or another all of these things

1:40.6

were made possible by our decision to embrace a minimalist mindset. The truth is we wanted to do

1:47.4

those things. We always wanted to explore more, have more free time, flexibility, and less stress,

1:53.6

but we had a lot of distractions taking our attention, time, and money away from those desires.

1:59.2

This is why minimalism is essential to doing more of what matters. It minimizes distractions.

2:05.5

The minimalism council of authenticity. Here's the thing about minimalism. There's no one

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