2166: Less is More by Catherine of Common Sense Living on The Benefits of Minimalism & Simple Living

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🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Catherine of Common Sense Living reminds us that less is more Episode 2166: Less is More by Catherine of Common Sense Living on The Benefits of Minimalism & Simple Living Catherine is a blogger and founder of Common Sense Living. She enjoys cooking, reading and has recently rediscovered a love for writing which inspired her to start Common Sense Living as well as an Instagram account on which she posts original quotes and other inspirational quotes from writers she admires – along with her own blurbs about those quotes and her thoughts on them. She's also started a podcast called Common Sense Living that you can find on all the major podcast platforms, and she invites us all to listen, follow her work and join her for her journey on which she hopes to teach others some of the lessons that she's learned along the way. The original post can be found here: https://www.commonsenseliving.ca/post/less-is-more Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily 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 2166. Less is more by
0:06.8	Catherine of CommonSenseLiving.ca and I'm Justin Mollick. Happy Monday and welcome back to Optimal
0:13.3	Living Daily or the OLD podcast where I read to you from some of the best blogs I can find and
0:18.5	get permission from, mostly covering personal development and minimalism on this show, but we
0:23.5	cover a bunch of other topics in the Optimal Living Daily Podcast Network. Definitely subscribe to
0:29.2	those if you like this one, just search for Optimal Living Daily to find all of them.
0:33.9	And now to get right to it, man start optimizing your life.
0:41.5	Less is more by Catherine of CommonSenseLiving.ca
0:47.3	Quote,
0:48.5	becoming minimalist frees us to live a bigger life with a more passionate pursuit of our greatest
0:54.4	purpose and goals. Joshua Becker, Minimalism is often seen as the pursuit of less. And because of
1:03.2	this, there's a common misconception that you feel like you are lacking something. However,
1:08.4	over time, our society of overconsumption has slowly started learning that the priceless moments in
1:14.2	life are worth so much more than material objects. Sure, we all want the basic amenities in life and
1:21.0	then some. There's nothing wrong with wanting a house, a car, and even a family. But the truth is
1:27.8	happiness starts in your mind. If you're always pursuing more, you'll never be grateful for what
1:33.9	you have right now. As humans, we tend to continue pursuing more and wanting to be the best version
1:40.5	of ourselves, whatever that looks like in the moment. I don't know about you, but oftentimes I find
1:45.7	myself in the grind stage where I keep going without reflecting on how far I've already
1:50.5	progressed. It is when we are at the summit of the mountain, or at least a lot higher than before,
1:56.4	that we truly start to acknowledge and appreciate our progress. The intentional steps we took to
2:02.4	get to where we are today should be looked on with pride, and thus, the first step towards living
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