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In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua & Ryan discuss the upside of constraints, the freedom of limitations, and the flexibility of nonstandard lifestyles, and they answer the following questions:
- How do I acclimate myself to letting go when I’ve been encouraged so strongly for so long to save everything?
- How can I embrace a minimalist lifestyle despite my current maximalist obligations and responsibilities?
- What constraints have you implemented in your life to help you become a better minimalist?
- How can I determine what constraints are in my best interest?
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Joshua & Ryan’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- “Minimalism is a life of well-curated constraints.�
- “Every impulse that arises is a potential pothole on the road to a meaningful life.�
- “Constraints are useful only when they increase our freedom.�
- “Continuously avoiding things we dislike stunts our growth.�
- “If you pad your world, you’re never going to develop the callouses necessary to create something meaningful.�
Mentioned in This Episode
- Bag: Pakt One
- Patreon: The Minimalists
- Added Value: Blossom
- Added Value: CRAZYTALK
- Added Value: Lying
- Book: Essential
- Book: Everything That Remains
- Book: Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
- Cartoon: The New Yorker
- Essay: 100 Days with No Goals
- Essay: F/X Porn
- Essay: Killing Home Internet
- Essay: Reasons I Don’t Own a TV
- Essay: Scrolling Is the New Smoking
- Essay: The Best Goal Is No Goal
- Essay: Unschooling
- Essay: Why I’m Getting Rid of My Phone
- Instagram: Jessica Williams
- Instagram: Podcast Shawn
- Instagram: The Minimalists
- Listen: Be More Kind
- Listen: Nothing Left to Lose
- Newsletter: The Minimalists
- Podcast: Easter
- Podcast: Giftgiving
- Podcast: Sivers
- Support: The Minimalists
- Twitter: Ella Sandwich
- Watch: 7-Year-Old’s Joyride
- Watch: Matt D’Avella
- Watch: How to Start a Movement
- Watch: Kanye West Interview
- Watch: Keep Your Goals to Yourself
- Watch: Minimalism Documentary
- Watch: Weird, or Just Different
- Website: Leo Babauta
- Website: Matt D’Avella
- Website: Minimal Maxims
- Website: Minimal Wellness
- Workshop: How to Write Better
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