559: The Zen Habits Guide to Letting Go of Attachments by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits

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🗓️ 22 June 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, which is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness. Episode 559: The Zen Habits Guide to Letting Go of Attachments by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits (Mindfulness & Happiness). The original post is located here: https://zenhabits.net/attachments Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	What do you think a private conversation sounds like?
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1:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 559. The Zen Habits Guide to letting go of attachments by Leo Bebout of Zenhabits.net and I'm Justin Mollick.
1:09.0	Happy Thursday, welcome back or welcome for the first time if you're new here.
1:13.0	This is where I read to you every single day to help you live a more meaningful life, covering personal development, productivity and life hacks, mindfulness and minimalism mostly.
1:22.0	From some of the best blogs you can find and this whole week is all about minimalism.
1:27.0	And today's minimalist post comes from Zenhabits. So let's hear from Leo and start optimizing your life.
1:34.0	The Zen Habits Guide to letting go of attachments by Leo Bebout of Zenhabits.net
1:44.0	I've been finding more and more that the Buddha had it right.
1:48.0	Pretty much all of our struggles from frustrations to anxiety, from anger to sadness, from grief to worry, all stem from the same thing.
1:58.0	The struggles come from being too tightly attached to something.
2:02.0	When we're worried, we are tightly attached to how we want things to be, rather than relaxing into accepting whatever might happen when we put forth our best effort.
2:10.0	When we're frustrated with someone, it's because we're attached to how we want them to be, rather than accepting them as the wonderful flawed human they are.
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