3507: Of Course It's Unreasonable, Dummy by Joshua Fields Millburn of The Minimalists on Personal Growth

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3507: Joshua Fields Millburn reflects on his own transformation, showing how true contentment isn’t found in status or possessions but in relationships, growth, and meaningful pursuits. Letting go of societal expectations may seem unreasonable, but that’s precisely what makes an extraordinary life possible. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.theminimalists.com/unreasonable/ Quotes to ponder: "Being unhappy and discontent is completely reasonable within our society. We see it every day." "Until you focus on what’s important, until you focus on what’s going on inside you, you won’t be happy." "I’d rather be extraordinarily unreasonable and content and happy. I’d rather live a meaningful, albeit unreasonable, life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a Minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily. Of course it's unreasonable dummy by Joshua Fields
0:07.1	Milburn of the minimalist.com and I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick. And we keep this intro minimal for
0:13.1	minimalist Monday, so let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:26.2	Of course it's unreasonable dummy by Joshua Fields Milburn of the Minimalists.com.
0:33.5	I recently imagined an elaborate conversation between my 27-year-old self and my 30-year-old self,
0:39.6	myself from yesteryear versus myself from today. Sadly, it was not a pretty exchange.
0:44.1	Suffice it to say there was a vast ideological dichotomy between these two guys.
0:49.6	Looking down on their tete-a-tete from my omniscient point of view, this is a small chunk of what I observed. My 27-year-old self had it all figured out. He could do no wrong. He was too confident,
0:56.9	read arrogant, for his own good. He had the high-paying job, the fancy title, the status of a young
1:02.9	corporate executive, the long-term career goals, the short-term spend more money than I make
1:08.0	goals, the big house, the fancy cars, the big screen TVs,
1:12.7	and all the stuff that was eventually going to make him happy once all the puzzle pieces fit
1:17.0	perfectly. My 30-year-old self had it all figured out too, but in a radically different way.
1:23.9	He knew he had figured it all out as soon as he had stopped trying to figure it all out.
1:28.3	He knew he didn't know everything, nor would he ever, but he knew that with every year that
1:32.8	passed, he would continue to grow.
1:35.6	The slightly older man also found a certain amount of contempt for the younger man, and it
1:40.6	was hard for him to hide this disdain.
1:42.9	He couldn't believe how his self of yesteryear
1:44.8	placed so much importance in material possessions, while he didn't value the most important things in life,
1:50.9	health, relationships, passions, growth, and contribution. With that contempt also came pity from the
1:58.4	older man, pity for a man who was lost but didn't know he was lost.
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