710: The Key Mental Habit of Simplicity by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits

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🗓️ 20 November 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares why we desire more and how to change that mental habit. Episode 710: The Key Mental Habit of Simplicity by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits (Paring Down and Living a Simple Life with Less Clutter). 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. The original post is located here: https://zenhabits.net/belief Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com 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 episode 710, the key mental
0:05.3	habit of simplicity.
0:06.7	Belly of about of Zen habits on net and I'm just a malloc, your very own personal narrator.
0:11.8	Happy Monday, hope you're a great start to your week and welcome to Optimal Living Daily,
0:16.2	where I narrate the best blogs I can get permission from to help you optimize your life.
0:20.6	Taze post comes from Zen habits.
0:23.1	For now let's jump right in as we optimize your life.
0:30.2	The key mental habit of simplicity by Leo Babata of Zen habits on net.
0:35.9	I've written a lot about simplifying your life from the philosophy behind it to the
0:40.5	technical steps to getting to simplicity, but the true key isn't in the steps, it's
0:46.2	in our mental habits.
0:48.2	For example, I could get rid of my physical clutter and simplify my day so that I have
0:52.2	more space in my life, but until I address the mental habits that got me to a clutter
0:56.7	life, it would just keep coming back.
0:59.4	So here's what I've learned is the key mental habit of simplicity.
1:03.2	Noticing the mind's tendency to want more and don't believe it.
1:07.4	The mind always wants more and at the same time it wants less.
1:11.6	There's a polarity in the mind that craves simplicity and craves more.
1:16.7	Why does the mind want both?
1:18.4	The mind wants more because if you think that more will make it happy, it's these possibility
1:22.7	in acquiring more and if things that acquiring things will help relieve the uncertainty
1:27.4	it feels.
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