It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily Episode 703,

learning to let go, and letting go of control, both by Joshua Fields-Millburn and Ryan

Nicodemis of the Minimalist.com, and I'm just a mall at your personal narrator

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

For now, let's get right to our two posts for today and continue optimizing your life.

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Learning to Let Go by Joshua Fields-Millburn and Ryan Nicodemis of the Minimalist.com

Quote,

Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it. David Foster Wallace.

A sunset is beautiful, but it lasts only so long. Once it's over, it's over.

In time, perfection is tainted by life's beautiful blemishes, and every perfectionist dies a thousand

deaths. We often look at the things we enjoy, the relationships, the experiences, the possessions,

and we want to hold on to them forever. We expect that these things will continue to add the

same value to our lives day in and day out, but life does not work this way. Not everything that

adds value to day will add value tomorrow. This is particularly evident with our material possessions.

Each time we purchase a sparkling new thing in my pub, we bask in the light of its potential,

excited by the initial value the new object brings to our lives. Over time, though, the value

wanes, the glossy newness wears off and our excitement abruptly dissipates. When the possession

stops adding value, however, what do we do? Do we ask ourselves why? Do we donate it or sell it

or question why we purchased it in the first place? Not usually. Often, once the doneness sets in,

we let our effects gather dust or with our way in boxes in our basements, closets, and junk drawers

out of sight, out of mind. And but then the only way to reclaim the missing value,

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