263 | Minimalist Christmas
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about celebrating the holiday season with purpose and intention with author Meg Nordmann, and they answer the following questions:
Why is gift-giving problematic? (01:59)
What do you think of when you think of the holiday season? (03:35)
What is the most common question you get about the holiday season? (04:27)
How do you handle someone who insists on giving gifts? (04:45)
How do I mentally manage the holiday season when I work in an industry dependent on consumerism? (10:25)
How do I make the holiday season wholly enjoyable and thrilling for my children without succumbing to the typical holiday trappings? (18:48)
What is the ‘Four Gift Rule’? (21:45)
How do we tactfully ask loved ones not to give us gifts, especially those who grew up with gift-giving as a practice to show appreciation for others? (28:22)
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, Joe, podcast Sean warned me to give you a warning. |
| 0:03.7 | I think because he was planning on listening to this episode with his youngest daughter, |
| 0:07.0 | who's 17 and he hasn't told her about Santa Claus yet. |
| 0:11.0 | So if you haven't had the Santa Claus discussion with your kids, you may want to listen to |
| 0:15.9 | this episode without them. |
| 0:18.3 | We're going to be talking about Christmas and gift giving and a bunch of things, including |
| 0:23.1 | Santa Claus. |
| 0:24.1 | Enjoy the episode. |
| 0:29.6 | This episode of The Minimists is brought to you by... |
| 0:32.8 | Nobody. |
| 0:33.8 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:35.8 | Time Minimists. |
| 1:05.8 | Hello, Simpletons. |
| 1:10.4 | Welcome to The Minimists Podcast. |
| 1:11.4 | We'll rediscus what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 1:14.5 | My name is Joshua Fields-Millburn. |
| 1:15.7 | I'm Ryan Nicodemus and together we are the minimalist. |
| 1:18.6 | Today we're going to talk about celebrating the holiday season with purpose and intention. |
| 1:24.8 | And of course, what we have Meg here. |
| 1:28.5 | She wrote this book, Minimists Christmas. |
| 1:30.1 | And we're going to talk a lot about Christmas today. |
| 1:32.4 | It's January, sorry, it's December 1st. |
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