Why didn't minimizing make me feel good?

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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🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss addressing the complexity of our emotions tied up in our possessions. Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Dominimists.
0:02.0	I just sold a house that had two dumpsters worth of things and more of my belongings in
0:09.7	it.
0:10.7	Why didn't it make me feel good to unload it all?
0:14.3	Hmm, Brenda.
0:15.3	Let me tell you why.
0:17.5	There's a specific reason why I didn't feel good because you wanted it to feel good.
0:22.3	You're running if you're if you want to feel good, that is actually the problem.
0:29.8	Meaning that letting go is going to feel good.
0:32.0	What did I say when we started the minimal episode earlier this week, right?
0:37.7	It was letting go isn't always fun.
0:42.0	But it is always freeing.
0:44.9	Freedom doesn't always feel good.
0:46.9	In fact, sometimes freedom is painful.
0:49.9	It's like saying, I went to the gym and worked out really hard.
0:52.5	Why don't I feel good right now?
0:55.1	Well because of the literal growing pains here.
0:58.9	You're going to experience pain.
1:00.4	If your expectation is for you to feel good, then what are you doing?
1:07.5	You're running from misery.
1:10.2	Instead of running from misery, what we're running toward is freedom.
1:15.4	Freedom from stuff, freedom from the mind, freedom from the chaos.
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