955: What It Means to be a Minimalist by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch

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🗓️ 23 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch shares what it means to be a minimalist. Episode 955: What It Means to be a Minimalist by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch (Improving Your Life with Minimalism). After years of impulse spending on Amazon and elsewhere, Anthony Ongaro realized that his one-click purchase habits were more of a physical Twitch than an intentional action. It turned out, this Twitch wasn’t just limited to online spending. It applied to social media, impulsive smartphone usage, and more. Break the Twitch is all about minimizing distractions and doing more of what matters. Check out Anthony's new book, Break the Twitch: http://breakthetwitch.com/book The original post is located here: https://www.breakthetwitch.com/be-a-minimalist 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 955,
0:04.8	what it means to be a minimalist by Anthony and Garo of BreakTheTwitch.com
0:09.6	and a very own personal narrator Justin Mollick,
0:12.0	read to you from some amazing blogs and books to help you optimize your life.
0:16.2	I read from so many different authors covering personal development,
0:19.1	minimalism, productivity, motivation, inspiration, and more,
0:23.4	and I'll get right to the post as we optimize your life.
0:30.8	What it means to be a minimalist by Anthony and Garo of BreakTheTwitch.com
0:36.8	There's been quite a bit of discussion around minimalism,
0:39.6	what it is, and what it is not. These discussions have inspired me to think more about my beliefs
0:44.8	and reflect on what being a minimalist actually means to me.
0:48.8	There is no doubt that learning and implementing the principles of minimalism
0:52.2	have changed my life for the better. Before 2014, I knew that the patterns of
0:57.6	beginning to identify weren't working, but I wasn't exactly sure why.
1:02.7	Buying stuff made me happy for a while. Heck, buying stuff still makes me happy,
1:08.5	but minimalism has helped change the kind of physical things I choose to spend money on.
1:13.6	From the beginning, Amy and I have subscribed to the idea of rational minimalism,
1:17.7	provided by Joshua Becker who writes the popular blog becoming minimalist.
1:22.1	Quote, Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value,
1:27.2	and the removal of everything that distracts us from it.
1:33.1	A relatively simple and straightforward approach to living a better life with less stuff,
1:37.1	which is why we love it. Despite that over the last two years, BreakTheTwitch has grown to
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