721: 7 Tips to Overcome Holiday Gift Clutter by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

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🗓️ 1 December 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares 7 tips to overcome holiday gift clutter. Episode 721: 7 Tips to Overcome Holiday Gift Clutter 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/unwrap-clutterfree Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Whether it's a barmy day on the beach or a vibrant night in the city, elevate your indulgence
0:08.6	with the new Magnum Sunlava, with thick white chocolate and velvety coconut ice cream for
0:15.7	the day and the new Magnum Star Chaser, with cracking chocolate and popcorn flavor for the
0:23.0	night.
0:26.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 721, 7 tips to overcome holiday gift clutter.
0:36.9	By Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com and I'm Justin Malik, the guy that reads blog
0:41.4	posts to you every single day of the year with permission from the websites.
0:46.4	Today's post is about holiday gift clutter, which is a comment topic I hear, especially
0:50.2	with it being December now.
0:52.3	Hopefully you'll find some of these tips useful so let's get right to it as we optimize
0:56.2	your life.
1:01.4	7 tips to overcome holiday gift clutter.
1:04.1	By Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com
1:08.5	Well before the over commercialization of holidays and society, gift giving was practiced,
1:14.0	it is a tradition as old as time itself.
1:17.4	This can be given for the purpose of expressing love, showing appreciation, gaining favor,
1:22.8	smoothing over a disagreement, or even manipulating for personal gain.
1:27.4	Because of these varied motivations, our approach to decluttering gifts and handling holiday
1:31.7	clutter can get complicated, especially if the motivations behind gift giving are selfish
1:36.7	in nature.
1:38.4	Before considering how to declutter gifts, it is important to articulate these motivations
1:43.2	so we can recognize them and proceed appropriately.
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