I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 73.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and welcome back.

Today we are talking about one of the biggest decluttering concerns I hear from you all the time and that is that prospective minimalist are

intrigued by the lifestyle they're interested in the idea but they're concerned

that they'll declutter something they will eventually miss.

For a lot of you, what I hear is that this fear is so strong that it halts you in your tracks

and stops you from decluttering before you even start. Now most

minimalist in the influencer blogging world will tell you they've never ever

missed a possession they've let go of.

That's standard practice.

We've all heard it before, but for me that's just not quite true.

And I actually, last week, true story, last week, I realized I had decluttered something that I actually need.

I went on the hunt through my home just last week for a book that I really do need. It's a very

specific running book. It's not a novel. It's not a story. Instead, it's a

formula with specific steps to get faster when you race.

If you're not a runner, you definitely don't know this book.

Anyway, a year or so ago, I raced miserably slow, and I vowed to stop running for good because I was

embarrassed that I didn't meet my specific running goals and I had lost all

love of the sport and I was done running.

Well, fast forward a year.

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