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🗓️ 25 June 2022
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I've been interviewed a few times on the outstanding Minimalists podcast with Joshua Millburn and his partner in crime Ryan Nicodemus, who together founded The Minimalists. This time it was I who put one of them on the hot seat for my podcast, and was able to speak with Joshua about his journey into the minimalism mindset, how we sometimes go about it the wrong way, the four stages of hoarding, and much more.
At first glance, people might think the point of minimalism is only to get rid of material possessions: Eliminating. Jettisoning. Extracting. Detaching. Decluttering. Paring down. Letting go. But that’s a mistake.
True, removing the excess is an important part of the recipe—but it’s just one ingredient. If we’re concerned solely with the stuff, we’re missing the larger point.
Minimalists don’t focus on having less, less, less. We focus on making room for more: more time, more peace, more creativity, more experiences, more contribution, more contentment, more freedom. Clearing the clutter frees up the space.
Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life’s important things—which aren’t thingsat all.
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0:00.0 | My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast. |
0:04.0 | And why do we do that? It's because we think more is going to make us happy, but the pursuit of more is often what is making us miserable. |
0:10.6 | Going after the perfect fitness program or the perfect diet program, you know, like in my industry, once they find God, all of a sudden all that stuff seems to become less important because they found something actually fulfills. |
0:21.2 | By getting rid of the excess is you start to make room. You actually increase the void. |
0:26.5 | You're making room for what's truly important and then you start asking some deeper questions. |
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2:17.5 | All right. If you've got a busy schedule, it can be hard to get all your nutrients on the go. And even if you have time to juice vegetables or eat massive salads, you might not love the taste of dark leafy greens. |
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