This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 812.

Are your daily actions working for you or against you by Anthony Ungarro with KateFlanders.com

and I'm your very own personal narrator Justin Mollick, reading to you from some amazing

blogs and books to help you optimize your life?

Today's post comes from KateFlanders.com but it's a guest post from Anthony Ungarro

of Break the Twitch, which I also have permission to narrate from.

He was recommended to me by listeners of this show, but also by KateFlanders herself.

I'm sure I'll narrate more from his site soon.

And I'll get right to the post as we optimize your life.

Are your daily actions working for you or against you by Anthony Ungarro with KateFlanders.com?

It has only been a few years since my minimalism journey began but so much has changed since

after compiling four years of Amazon transactions I discovered how in small increments of

twenty dollar purchases my impulse of spending was holding me back from the lifestyle I had always wanted.

I dreamed of traveling location flexibility and spending more time working on passion projects

but my frequent purchases kept me chasing credit card bills at the end of every month.

To make sure I created a solid change in my life I pledged to travel somewhere every month

in 2015 by cutting the Amazon spending and living more intentionally.

Having this commitment ensured that I stuck to my guns on buying less and experiencing more.

After successfully completing that challenge the impact of what we do every single day really hit home.

While each day may seem insignificant after months and years the individual actions end up

making a massive impact on my life. With a particular vision in mind I was able to focus my

energy on looking for bargain flights, travel hacks and any opportunity to visit a friend or family

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