Staying Focused in a Noisy World

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss how they address all the modern-day distractions to stay focused with writer Leo Babauta. Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Da Minimists.
0:02.0	Would you like to step inside the home of a minimalist?
0:06.5	Well, now you can.
0:07.5	You can take a video tour of my family home and Ryan's home over at theminimists.com
0:14.2	slash resources.
0:17.0	What steps do you take to block out the noise to stay focused?
0:24.0	Well, let's talk mindfulness here.
0:26.2	I mean, I think that's going to be part of the answer at least, right?
0:29.5	Yeah.
0:30.5	Well, so for me, it's like, okay, so let's say I was going to write an article for his
0:35.9	inhabits, right?
0:36.9	There's a lot of noise and a lot of emails.
0:39.2	And I'll notice myself running to all of those things instead of doing the hard thing.
0:43.4	Yeah.
0:44.4	So that's what you're working from home.
0:45.4	It's like, all right, I should do the dishes.
0:46.9	I got to do laundry.
0:47.9	Right.
0:48.9	As soon as I get these 15 items done, then I'll write them down.
0:52.1	Yeah, right.
0:53.1	Yeah, so I just noticed that.
0:54.1	So that's as a mindfulness practice, it's noticing, oh, I'm running to all these things.
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