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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

661: Does It Spark Joy is the Wrong Decluttering Question by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist questions one of the tactics from Marie Kondo's book. Episode 661: Does It Spark Joy is the Wrong Decluttering Question by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist (Simple Living & Minimalism). Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/does-it-spark-joy-is-the-wrong-decluttering-question Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily Episode 661.

0:35.2

Does this park joy?

0:36.6

Is a wrong declutter in question?

0:38.6

By Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com and I'm Justin Malik, your personal narrator,

0:43.2

reading to you every day, just like an audio book, but free of charge.

0:47.2

And mostly from blogs, but sometimes from books, always with permission from the authors.

0:52.0

Now let's get right to today's post, as we optimize your life.

0:56.2

Does this park joy is a wrong decluttering question?

1:02.9

By Joshua Becker of becoming minimalist.com.

1:07.0

When decluttering expert Marie Condo published her groundbreaking book, The Life Changing

1:10.9

Magic of Tidying Up, Hordes of Grateful, Stuff-Encompered Readers Around the World, sees

1:16.2

particularly on her question, Does this park joy?

1:20.3

That was a criterion Condo proposed for deciding whether to keep something.

1:24.9

Does an item in your possession give you a little thrill when you hold it in your hands?

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