836: 7 Life-Changing Perspectives to Overcome Your Family's Obsession with Stuff by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist

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🗓️ 26 March 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares 7 life-changing perspectives to overcome your family's obsession with stuff. Episode 836: 7 Life-Changing Perspectives to Overcome Your Family's Obsession with Stuff by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist. 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/overcome-family-clutter 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 836,
0:04.8	seven life-changing perspectives to overcome your family's obsession with stuff
0:09.9	by Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:14.0	Happy Monday and welcome back to Optimal Living Daily or the OLD podcast,
0:18.6	where I read to you from some of the best blogs I can find and get permission from,
0:22.9	mostly covering personal development and minimalism on this show.
0:25.9	We cover a bunch of other topics in the Optimal Living Daily Podcast network,
0:29.8	which includes four other shows. Definitely subscribe to those if you like this one.
0:34.0	Today I have a post from Joshua Becker with some truths about everyday stuff,
0:38.0	so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:45.5	Seven life-changing perspectives to overcome your family's obsession with stuff
0:50.0	by Joshua Becker of becomingminimalist.com.
0:54.1	10 years ago, our lives changed dramatically. The realization that our possessions were actually
0:58.9	distracting us from a life of joy and purpose and fulfillment became the motivation to
1:04.7	pursue minimalism in our home. As our family of four began removing non-essential possessions,
1:10.1	we soon discovered more time and energy and focus for the things that matter most.
1:15.2	And we discovered that our things had become a far greater burden than we'd ever realized.
1:20.4	We also began to discover that many of our thoughts concerning physical possessions were incorrect.
1:26.2	These faulty mindsets were contributing to our over-accumulation and cluttered lifestyles.
1:31.4	Slowly but surely, our approach to possessions began to change as we experienced more and more
1:37.6	the benefits of owning less. If your family struggles with owning too much, consider these
1:43.2	seven life-changing perspectives to help overcome your family's obsession with stuff.
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