In this public episode of The Minimalists Podcast, we talk about abandoning impulse to get what you want. Watch all 2 hours of episode 391 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.
Subscribe
Apple · Spotify · Google · Soundcloud · MP3
Discussed in This Episode
- How do I let go of my pet accouterments?
- How do we teach our children personal responsibility?
- How do we respectfully set boundaries with others?
- What are your opinions regarding journaling?
- What do you think of our current coffee culture?
- What do you consider the differences between justification and introspection?
- What are the benefits of consuming coffee?
- How do you convince someone that “antique” is not a synonym for “junk”?
- How do you transition from being a night owl to an early bird?
- How can we improve our sleep?
- How do you distinguish just-in-case items from just-for-when items when it comes to packing go-bags?
- Are there negative consequences to dark therapy?
- When should I let go of sentimental items from a failed relationship that had a significant impact on me?
- How do I determine whether to hold a garage sale or hire an estate-sale company when I have so much stuff of high monetary value?
- What are the dangers in delving into memories and fantasies?
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- People often give up what they want to get what they want right now.
- A thing can neither fulfill nor upset you, but the story you tell yourself about your things can do both.
- A person who enjoys the now needn’t cling to memories for happiness.
- Self-righteousness is a dangerous disease that moralizes everything from atrocities to benign preferences.
- To convince someone is to unlove them.
- Changing your habits won’t change your life.
- “Just in case” are the three most dangerous words in the English language.
- Short-term deprivation is a spotlight for value.
- Isolation is not deprivation.
- Nothing is more dangerous than a confrontation with your true self.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: Air
- Added Value: Just the Recipe
- Added Value: “New Order T-Shirt”
- Book: Earthing
- Book: How to Be Here
- Book: Minimalist Rulebook
- Book: Project 333
- Course: Simplify Everything
- Explore: The Paris Review
- Instagram: Minima
- Patreon: The Minimalists
- Podcast: Emergency Items
- Podcast: How to Love
- Podcast: Aubrey Marcus
- Podcast: Clint Ober
- Podcast: Paul Saladino
- Podcast: Simple Pets
- Podcast: Kristen Ziegler
- Resources: The Minimalists
- Subscribe: The Minimalists
- Watch: Less Is Now
- Watch: Minimalism
- Website: Earthing
- Website: Minima
- Website: Project 333
Follow Our Team
- Joshua Fields Millburn
- Ryan Nicodemus
- T.K. Coleman
- Malabama
- Podcast Shawn
- Social Jess
- Jordan Know Moore
- Professor Shawn
- Danny Unknwn
- Post-Production Peter
Subscribe to The Minimalists via email.
The post Podcast 391 | Wanting to Let Go appeared first on The Minimalists.