306 | Shopping Addiction
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about resisting the incessant tug of consumerism while striving to simplify, and they answer the following questions:
How do we overcome our shopping addiction? (00:00)
What are the three prime indicators of compulsive buying? (04:00)
What is consumerism? (06:45)
When does something become an addiction? (09:39)
Why do people have shopping addictions? (19:17)
When creating a capsule wardrobe and running up against challenges regarding durability, should we buy more clothes at once or purchase clothes more often? (19:35)
What is Project 333? (21:33)
How do I adjust my shopping habits so they better align with my minimalist practices? (26:01)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by... |
| 0:02.6 | Nobody. |
| 0:03.6 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:05.6 | Don Minimalists. |
| 0:36.6 | Hello Minimizers! |
| 0:37.6 | Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast. |
| 0:39.2 | We discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less... |
| 0:42.4 | My name is Joshua Fields-Milburn. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are The Minimalists! |
| 0:47.0 | Are you intrigued by simplifying but still struggle with the tug of consumerism? |
| 0:53.4 | Do you find yourself constantly wanting to purchase newer, better things? |
| 0:58.0 | Are you addicted to shopping, buying, acquiring, obtaining, and consuming? |
| 1:05.5 | Well that's what we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:07.5 | On this minimal episode, we're going to talk about compulsive shopping addiction. |
| 1:12.5 | And this week on the maximal episode, this Thursday on the Private Podcast, |
| 1:16.5 | we're going to talk about five ways to combat online shopping addiction. |
| 1:20.5 | Also Ryan, I'm not sure if you knew this. |
| 1:22.5 | I didn't know this until recently. |
| 1:24.5 | Six different types of shopping and spending addictions. |
| 1:28.5 | So we're going to dive deep into that. |
| 1:30.5 | That's this Thursday over on Patreon. |
| 1:32.5 | Speaking of Patreon, one of our kind patrons, |
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