267 | Zen Living
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan discuss finding peace within and without with writer Leo Babauta, and they answer the following questions:
How can you be a minimalist with a large family? (03:34)
How did you start on your minimalist journey? (05:39)
Who inspired you to adopt minimalism? (09:06)
How do you convert other family members to minimalism to ensure peace when you’re living in close quarters? (11:32)
How important is it to recognize what you’ve accomplished? (12:46)
Is leading by example the best approach to helping others adopt minimalist practices? (15:50)
How do you recognize when you’re taking decluttering too far? (20:00)
Is there a danger in living to minimize? (22:05)
What does it mean to “question the ‘must’”? (28:52)
What is spartanism? (29:40)
What is Metta meditation? (32:00)
How do we shift between decluttering and simplifying to live a life of purpose? (35:04)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalists is brought to you by... |
| 0:02.4 | ...Nobody. |
| 0:03.4 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:05.9 | Da Minimalists. |
| 0:17.9 | Every little thing... |
| 0:19.9 | You think that's me. |
| 0:22.5 | Every little thing... |
| 0:24.5 | You think that's me. |
| 0:27.2 | Every little thing... |
| 0:29.2 | It's just feeding your greed. |
| 0:31.2 | Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it. |
| 0:38.7 | Hello everybody. Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast. |
| 0:40.9 | We've discussed what it means to live a meaningful life. |
| 0:43.7 | With less, my name is Joshua Fields-Millburn. |
| 0:45.9 | And I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the minimalists. |
| 0:48.9 | We're here with the Godfather of minimalism. |
| 0:50.7 | The whole star of minimalism. |
| 0:52.2 | Oh my god. |
| 0:53.7 | I was just thinking about when I first saw you. |
| 0:55.7 | And I'm like, man, Leo, we started like 10 years ago. |
| 1:00.7 | And you were one of the first people that we had lunch with |
| 1:02.7 | and kind of talked about what we were doing. |
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