The Minimalists talk about being a minimalist in a maximalist household, butting heads with people you live with, overcoming body-image insecurities, and much more.
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Discussed in This Episode
- How do I stay sane as the only minimalist in a household of loving but devoted maximalists?
- How do you butt heads with the people you live with?
- Right Here, Right Now: Emotional Clutter on Kindle and Audible, and new episodes of the How to Write Better Podcast.
- Listener Tip: A resource for overcoming body-image insecurity and remembering that your worth is not your appearance.
- Why do I cling to possessions that reflect the person I wish I were instead of the person I am?
- How can I declutter my resume so it reflects where I’m going, not just where I’ve been?
- What do you do when your livelihood requires participating in a system you fundamentally dislike?
- How do you minimize the feelings that come with every milestone in your children’s lives?
- Talkaboutable: The Minimalists hit 1 million followers on Instagram.
- Talkaboutable: Clutter is like empty calories for your home.
- Sucky Ad: A new level of advertisement clutter from one of Joshua’s favorite podcasts.
- More About Less: Nine things professional organizers avoid in their own homes.
- Added Value: A film, a show, and song.
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- When you stop trying to change others, you finally make space for change.
- Minimalism begins with your stuff; peace begins with your boundaries.
- Most conflicts are just confrontations with self.
- You don’t have to own their clutter, but you also don’t have to carry it.
- It’s easier to butt heads in a crowded room.
- Aspirations belong on your calendar, not in your closet.
- The art of reinvention begins with subtraction.
- You can sell things without selling out.
- Every emotion is a mirror that reflects our expectations.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: “Birds & the Bees”
- Article: The gap between “I” and “по one”
- Book: Emotional Clutter
- Book: More Than A Body
- Book: Pulling Your Own Strings
- Book: Very, Very Simple
- More About Less: 9 Things Professional Organizers Avoid in Their Own Homes
- Podcast: How to Write Better
- Resource: Minimalist Rulebook
- Watch: Sucky Ad
- Watch: Talkaboutable
- Watch: Two People Exchanging Saliva
- Watch: YouTube started putting ads on our videos without permission…
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