316 | Christmas Gifts
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about giving gifts, getting gifts, and sometimes refusing gifts as a minimalist during Christmastime, and they answer the following questions:
How do I address the guilt I feel when I don’t get a Christmas gift for someone that expected one? (01:13)
Can gift-giving be a love language? (21:49)
What are some clutter-free gift ideas? (25:46)
What are the three types of fun? (28:02)
What is the minimalist approach to Christmas stockings? (32:51)
What are some good charities for children? (36:50)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Minimizers, welcome to the Minimals Podcast where we discuss what it means to live |
| 0:11.6 | a meaningful life. |
| 0:13.2 | With less, my name is Joshua Fields-Milburn, and I'm Ryan Nicodamus, and together we |
| 0:17.2 | are the Minimals. |
| 0:18.2 | It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. |
| 0:21.7 | And you know what that means. |
| 0:23.4 | It's beginning to look a lot like the Christmas shopping season. |
| 0:28.0 | In today's episode, we're going to talk about Christmas gifts, getting them, giving them, |
| 0:32.7 | and sometimes saying no to them as a minimalist. |
| 0:36.4 | Then this Thursday on the Minimals' private podcast, Ryan and I are going to discuss |
| 0:41.6 | joyous times, specifically focused on the holiday season and the many things like gifts, |
| 0:48.3 | obligations, spending, debt, expectations, and overbearing family members that interrupt |
| 0:55.5 | our joy during this supposedly most joyous time of the year. |
| 1:01.0 | You can check that out at patreon.com slash The Minimals. |
| 1:05.2 | Your support keeps our podcast and YouTube channel 100% advertisement free because advertisement |
| 1:12.4 | suck. |
| 1:13.4 | Our first question today is from Darwin. |
| 1:16.6 | I sometimes feel bad about not giving a Christmas gift to someone because they might |
| 1:20.9 | feel bad if I forgot about them. |
| 1:23.1 | How do I deal with this? |
| 1:24.7 | Ryan, I saw this Instagram post here which I want to share with you. |
| 1:30.2 | This is from No Chill and you can see the caption there on the left. |
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