Well, hello, and welcome back my friends. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're

listening to episode 388 of sustainable minimalist. What on earth is this show?

It is a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.

On today's show, we're outlining the rules of the 30-day minimalism challenge,

and I'm giving you my six best tips for making your challenge

successful. Now I have a not so subtle goal today, and my goal is to get you on board with joining me

yes me I'm going to be doing it as well this August with a 30-day minimalism

challenge I want you to do it with me. Now you've likely heard the number.

The number in question is 300,000. The average American home reportedly has over 300,000 possessions.

And by the way, that number does not come from an empirical research study, but it is floating out there in so many places on the

World Wide Web but if we're going to take it at face value the average American

home has over 300,000 possessions. Surprised to no one, these possessions create stress, anxiety,

financial issues, family tension.

I could go on and on.

A recent survey of homeowners found that 44% of us experience what the survey called

mess stress at least every week. Now for those of you who have been practicing minimalism for a long time

you already know that minimalism can improve our wellness because when we own fewer items we tend to worry less about clutter.

We also struggle less with decision fatigue.

So I believe, and one of the reasons I started this show is that the majority of us

would be well served to declutter more and simplify more. Especially if you're

listening and you found that the clutter in your home has become problematic.

That said, all that said, lots of us need a bit of a push, don't we? Enter the 30-day minimalism challenge. Now, full disclosure, I did not come up with the 30-day

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