221 | Dependency
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan discuss dependency, sobriety, and different types of addiction, including our addiction to stuff, alcohol, food, drugs, cigarettes, money, status, social media, attention, television, breaking news, smartphones, and porn with author and blogger Laura McKowen, and they answer the following questions:
How do I help my mother overcome her addiction to shopping and hoarding that is negatively affecting me? (03:52)
How do I address my addiction to online shopping? (12:35)
Is there a correlation between a minimal life and a sober life? (23:21)
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| 0:00.0 | Tha Minimists |
| 0:30.0 | Hello, Simultons. What's up, y'all? |
| 0:35.0 | Well, today, today, oh yeah, by the way, this is the Minimists podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | Oh yeah, I'm Ryan Nicodemus. I'm Joshua Fields-Milver. |
| 0:43.0 | And together we're the men, we need to, I'm just, we should just be through that. |
| 0:47.0 | Now let's keep going. Like today we're going to talk about dependency. |
| 0:51.0 | We're going to talk about different types of addiction, our addiction to stuff, |
| 0:54.0 | our addiction to food, our addiction to social media, and coffee, and cigarettes, |
| 0:59.0 | and alcohol, and all of our addictions. And we'll address the shame that accompanies addiction quite often. |
| 1:06.0 | And we're going to do that today with today's guest, Walmart Calendars here. |
| 1:10.0 | Hi. |
| 1:11.0 | Thank you for being here. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:12.0 | You're awesome. Thanks for coming out. |
| 1:13.0 | I'm really grateful. Now you are the author of this book. I'll hold it up for the YouTube audience. |
| 1:17.0 | We are the luckiest. My wife is the first person who recommended this to me. |
| 1:21.0 | Yep. |
| 1:22.0 | And so, Bex said, you know, you should consider getting her on the show. And now, here you are. |
| 1:27.0 | And we're going to be talking about alcohol addiction later, but our podcast, we also talk about minimalism and intentionality, |
| 1:33.0 | and many of the questions manifest around stuff. And in our culture, we certainly have an addiction to stuff. |
| 1:41.0 | Right? We have a lot of addictions. Right? I think it would probably best to start by talking about what, |
| 1:46.0 | what do we mean by addiction? |
| 1:48.0 | Laura? |
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