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Good Life Project

The Minimalists: Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Imagine having just about everything you wanted – a great job, making a lot of money, being able to get as much “stuff” as you want – and then, ending up miserable. That’s the plight of today’s guests, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, also known as The Minimalists.

What started as an awakening to a different way of life, built around value, rather than accumulation, has now grow into a blog with millions of readers at TheMinimalists.com, a popular Minimalism, book a top-rated podcast and now a fantastic new documentary called Minimalism.

This week’s conversation goes deep into Ryan and Joshua’s journey, both personally and as friends, into the exploration of what Minimalism really is and is not and how it can change not only your life, but life as we know it.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

  • Why minimalism is not actually about giving everything up.
  • Ryan and Joshua’s 5th-grade “fat kid bond” that launched their 20+ year-long friendship.
  • How Ryan came up with the "$50,000 Equation" that would (theoretically) help them reach their dreams and set them free.
  • Why reaching that goal made him completely miserable and caused him to lose sight of what life is all about.
  • Joshua’s epiphany after his mother’s tragic passing that set him on the path to minimalism.
  • The true benefits of minimalism (they're not what you think).
  • How Joshua’s 21-day downsizing journey led to creating TheMinimalists.com.
  • How Ryan and Joshua’s brand expanded to different mediums to spread their message.
  • How they define value that an item may add to their lives.
  • Ryan and Joshua’s process for choosing which projects they should take on at any given time.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

So imagine stepping out of your day to day life and just dropping yourself into a gorgeous

0:07.1

130 acre natural playground for three and a half days of learning and laughing and moving

0:13.1

your body and calming your brain and reconnecting with people who just see the world the way

0:18.3

that you do and accept you completely as you are.

0:21.9

So that's what we've created with our Camp Good Life project or Camp GLP experience.

0:27.7

We've actually brought together a lineup of really inspiring teachers from art to entrepreneurship

0:33.2

from writing to meditation, pretty much everything in between.

0:36.8

It's this beautiful way to fill your noggin with ideas to live and work better and a really

0:41.7

rare opportunity to create the type of friendships and stories you pretty much thought you'd

0:46.7

left behind decades ago.

0:48.1

It's all happening at the end of August, just about 90 minutes from New York City and

0:53.3

we're well on our way to selling out spots at this point.

0:56.4

So be sure to grab your spot as soon as you can if it's interesting to you.

1:00.8

You can learn more at GoodLifeProject.com slash camp or just go ahead and click the link

1:06.2

in the show notes now.

1:09.5

It's funny because a lot of people when they hear minimalism or simplicity, they think

1:15.0

easy.

1:16.0

They think that simple somehow equals easy and it isn't easy necessarily.

1:20.0

It takes a lot of work to live deliberately and to make decisions that align with your

1:25.2

values and beliefs.

1:28.5

Imagine getting pretty much everything you wanted.

1:30.5

Great job making a lot of money, being able to get as much stuff as you want and then

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