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Maximal Ep. 404 | Souvenir Clutter (Video)
🕑 Added 2023-08-07 11:00:04 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists talk about controlling FOMO on vacation, minimizing unwanted tattoos, confronting the fear that comes with living authentically, workplace clutter, values versus expectations, why credit cards are dangerous, resisting impulse purchases, and more.
Discussed in this episode:
How can I control the fear of missing out when on vacation? (01:35)
How can I address the fear of the unknown as I contemplate removing my tattoos? (16:00)
How can I confront the fear of violence that comes with living authentically as a trans person? (28:55)
What can we do when our jobs require us to have a lot of stuff? (39:10)
I’m uncomfortable with my partner’s drug use. Would staying with him mean sacrificing my values? Or would leaving mean holding on to too many expectations? (48:58)
As long as I stick to my budget and am intentional with my spending, is it so wrong to use credit cards? (59:50)
How can we resist impulse purchases when presented with the attitude that “life is short, so why not just buy it?” (01:07:14)
How can I find a new “calling” that allows me to help people? (01:20:32)
What are the knock-on effects of letting go? (01:45:10)
LINKS
Added Value: The Japanese House, "Over There"
Added Value: Nic D, "Sundown"
Added Value: Reverse Osmosis Filter
Course: Simplify Everything
Documentary: Minimalism
Essay: How to Live Longer by Slowing Time
Podcast: Desirelessness
Podcast: How to Love
Subscribe: The Minimalists' Newsletter
Tool: Values Worksheet
MAXIMS
Clutter is less tempting when you are grounded in your values.
On a long enough timeline, nothing is permanent.
The fear of change exposes our insecurities.
Admittance is expensive whenever clutter is the cost of admission.
A coercive relationship extinguishes the potentiality of love.
Freedom is the byproduct of letting go.
The truth does not require consensus to remain true.
Life is too short to sell yourself short.
Silence is the best explanation.
Today’s impulse purchases are tomorrow’s regrets.
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Comments
Anjel
Pointing out that as you’re scrolling TikTok, your time is just.. slipping away. *hearing the minutes pass in the background*
Katha
slowing time. I like to travel within. I like to travel around, travel to what is right before me, above and under me. I do not need to go far to feel novelty and change. I may watch the same rose everday and see the difference. I walk the same route and see something new. being present makes time slow down. being an observer of what is around me and within me stretches time. I often see people absent walking, absent being, absent living. they cling to their smartphones while walking their dog, carrying their child, drinking tea, even while eating they escape to this little device, as if therein was better life. and I wonder: where are they? when life is now. life is here. and you cannot double time by multitasking, you erase time by wanting to be here and there at the same time, one foot in the past and one in the future is never now. now is time, is life, is all there is, is all we have.
