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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2294, 5 challenges of being a minimalist. By Victoria

Broward with nosidebar.com and I'm Justin Malik, reading you articles or sometimes book excerpts

always with permission from the authors. And with that, let's get right to it and continue

optimizing your life. 5 challenges of being a minimalist by Victoria Broward with nosidebar.com.

Simple Living is not always so simple. Yes, there are countless benefits to this lifestyle

like reducing stress, freeing up time, and added happiness. There's absolutely no way

I'd go back to my previous lifestyle where I created chaos by owning too many possessions.

However, it takes a great deal of work to maintain a simpler life and it comes with its

challenges. But anything worth doing requires hard work. Perhaps its challenges is one

of the reasons simple living is difficult for our culture to grasp. It's simply not

all that simple. Here are 5 challenges I've experienced as a minimalist.

Number 1. The purging never seems to end. After clearing all of the clutter by recycling,

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