Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to

episode 496 of sustainable minimalists. This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.

And on today's show, we are discussing minimalism's ripple effects, let's say. We're discussing the lasting changes that those of us who consider

ourselves either full on minimalists or minimalist leaning perhaps. We're discussing the lasting changes that the lifestyle has

made on both our habits and our mindset now this show is approaching its five

hundredth episode yes it is oh my goodness and in celebration of this milestone I found

myself curious as to again those ripple effects those lasting impacts of

minimalism on this community.

So minimalists talk a lot about having more free time,

having more money in the bank account,

having less stress in their lives, we hear those benefits ad nauseum, right?

But these are again benefits, they're secondhand benefits to minimalism.

I want to go deeper and I want to get to the bottom of

exactly how we are approaching life differently,

how our mindset and our habits have changed thanks to minimalism.

So I put this question out on my Instagram stories for those of you who follow, and I got a lot of responses over a hundred. I'll just share a couple here.

In terms of Mindset Shift, one person wrote to me and said I don't need to keep up with my neighbors anymore. I rarely find myself in comparison mode

What a mindset shift right? Another person touched on gratitude and said that they feel that even though

their house is small these days it feels much bigger so two mindset shifts

there and in terms of how bigger, so two mindset shifts there.

And in terms of habit shifts, you guys wrote in in droves with regard to habit shifts.

For some of you, your desire to spend time in nature has grown exponentially. For others of you you

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