325 | The Cluttered Mind
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What are the ideal steps to reduce mental clutter? (01:46)
How do we refine our attention? (07:40)
What is the “Find Your Flashlight Practice”? (12:51)
How do we let go of sentimental stuff that has continuously piled up for decades and is physically and mentally holding us back? (13:49)
How do we wind up emotionally attached to stuff? (17:41)
How do we appropriately develop new habits? (21:22)
What is “contingent reality”? (21:33)
How do you maintain mindfulness in the corporate world amid the constant bombardment of demands from obligations and responsibilities? (23:42)
What is “task switching”? (27:09)
How do we enjoy wholly disconnecting in our free time without feeling like we’ve wasted time? (29:22)
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| 0:00.0 | overwhelmed |
| 0:26.4 | Hello everybody, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life, |
| 0:31.8 | with less, my name is Joshua Fields-Milber, and I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the Minimalists. |
| 0:37.1 | Our material possessions are a physical manifestation of our internal lives. |
| 0:42.3 | Consequently, when we have too much stuff, it's often because we have too much mental clutter, |
| 0:48.3 | and too many distractions. Today on the podcast, we're talking about the cluttered mind, |
| 0:53.1 | with Dr. Amishi Juh, author of the new book, I'll hold it up for the YouTube viewership here. |
| 0:58.1 | The book is called Peak Mind, we'll put a link to it in the show notes as well. |
| 1:02.1 | This Thursday on the Minimalist Private Podcast, we're going to discuss several ways to avoid |
| 1:06.8 | the distractions that create psychological and emotional clutter. You can check that out at patreon.com, |
| 1:13.6 | slash the Minimalist. Your support keeps our podcast and YouTube channel 100% advertisement free, |
| 1:20.8 | because say it with me, advertisement suck. |
| 1:26.6 | Doesn't that feel good? There's no advertisements. |
| 1:28.6 | Awesome. |
| 1:29.4 | Dr. Juh, Amishi. |
| 1:30.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:31.3 | Thanks for being here. |
| 1:32.1 | Thank you for writing this book. |
| 1:33.3 | Thank you for writing this book. |
| 1:34.3 | It's amazing. |
| 1:35.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:35.3 | And please just make sure you call me Amishi. |
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