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Maximal Ep. 424 | One Day or Day One
🕑 Added 2024-01-01 12:01:01 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists talk about how to start decluttering, letting go of stories about things, finding happiness and making it last, where to begin when you're overwhelmed, emotional hoarding, feeling hopeless about the state of the world, and much more!
Discussed in this episode:
What’s the best method to start decluttering? (01:17)
How do you get rid of things that are brand new? (11:55)
How can I find happiness in my job and make it last? (23:58)
Are things beautiful if you love them? (35:07)
Where can I start when I’m overwhelmed? (44:44)
How can I minimize my guilt? (53:59)
How can I live my life without constantly feeling disappointed by the world around me? (01:02:50)
How can I stop feeling defeated by my clutter? (01:14:35)
What have Ryan’s first six months in Montana been like? (01:23:00)
Is the only way out of the rat race through the gift shop? (01:27:49)
Which celebrities are embracing minimalism? (01:36:47)
What do we like about this Patron’s multifunctional living room? (01:50:40)
LINKS
Added Value: Two Lanes, “Belong”
Essay: The Sound of Life
Book: 16 Rules for Living with Less
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Project 333
Course: Simplify Everything
Website: 30-Day Minimalism Game
Website: RyanNicodemus.com
Subscribe: The Minimalists' Newsletter
MAXIMS
One day or day one. You decide.
Organizing is the problem, not the solution.
Letting go of a thing involves letting go of our false stories about the thing.
If it makes you uncomfortable, it’s worth doing; if it makes you miserable, it’s worth letting go.
The world is the way you see it.
You don’t have to change the WORLD to CHANGE the world.
Letting go is the antidote to hopelessness.
The fear of letting go is the fuel for clinging.
Positive emotions create attachments; attachments create negative emotions.
Grace is measured by one’s ability to surrender to their imperfect past.
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Comments
Bridget Fernando
Just listening to the “gift shop” discussion now and am reminded of the Leonard Bernstein quote featured in Maestro: “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.”
Cecile
The gift shop is the cheese at the end of a maze upgraded.
