471 | Holiday Anxiety

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists dive deep into the anxiety that often accompanies the holiday shopping season.

Discussed in this episode:

How can I stop people from buying unnecessary Christmas gifts that clutter our home? (2:37)

What fills your holiday season with anxiety and what do you do to minimize holiday clutter? (20:15)

Listener tip: A helpful script for opting out of gift-giving during the holiday season. (42:34)

Listen to the full Maximal episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast

Recorded at Earthing Studios.

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0:00.0	Every little thing that you think that you think that you need.
0:24.8	Every little thing you think that you need.
0:29.5	Every little thing that's just feeding your greed.
0:33.9	Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it.
0:47.2	You're listening to The Minimalist Podcast with Joshua Fields Milburn and T.K. Coleman, recorded live at Irthing Studios in Sunny, California.
0:55.4	Yes, thank you, Alabama. Hello, everybody. It's beginning to look a lot like shopping.
0:56.7	Oh, no.
0:58.4	Oh, don't ruin it, man.
0:59.2	Don't ruin it.
0:59.8	Oh.
1:01.6	Doesn't that ruin it?
1:08.4	The Christmas season, the holiday season, has become the holiday shopping season.
1:09.9	We're going to talk about that today.
1:12.4	But first, mistletoe alert.
1:13.1	Uh-oh.
1:13.5	What?
1:17.7	TK just got really uncomfortable, really quick.
1:19.0	Just kidding.
1:20.3	There's no mistletoe here today.
1:22.9	Today on the show, we're talking about the anxiety that is often a byproduct of the holiday.
1:26.1	So coming up on this free public minimal episode,
1:28.7	a caller has a question about stopping her family from buying unnecessary Christmas gifts
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