The Antidote To Hedonic Adaptation

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The US hails consumption as a patriotic duty. But refraining from buying isn't a punishment, and practicing a bit of self-control both resets our hedonistic baseline and re-centers our behaviors around moderation. It's paradoxical but true: Imposing temporary limits ultimately sets you free. On today's show author John Oakes discusses the numerous benefits associated with fasting from food, from spending, and everything in between. Here's a preview: [9:00] What do ancient philosophers have to say about self-control, holding back, and managing desires? [13:00] Musings on why it's important to put limits on ourselves even though our economy thrives when we consume without limits [25:00] We can do hard things! The personal benefits associated with embarking on a challenge and accomplishing it [29:00] Is overconsumption contributing to our nationwide 'modern malaise'? Resources mentioned: The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without Episode #049: The Why, How, and When of a No-Spend Challenge The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:00.7	Well, hello there my friends and welcome. sustainable.
1:05.0	Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 499.
1:10.0	Oh my goodness.
1:11.0	Yes, you are.
1:12.0	499 of sustainable minimalists.
1:15.0	This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:19.0	And on today's show, we are discussing how to reset your hedonistic baseline so that you can
1:26.6	enjoy things in moderation once again. Now we're going to talk about today's
1:31.4	episode in a minute but before we do that we're going to talk about today's episode in a minute, but before we do that, we're going to talk about Thursday's episode of this week.
1:37.0	Thursday's episode is for subscribers only, so there's going to be no free episode on Thursday and Thursday's
1:45.4	episode is all about how to not get scammed by targeted ads, particularly
1:50.7	targeted ads on social media,
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