"30 Years of Friendship" (Patreon)

Patreon Exclusive. Joshua and Ryan talk about lessons from their 30 years of friendship, as well as some of their failures from the past decade, and they answer the following questions:

When did you launch your website? (04:06)

What’s the harm in occasionally breaking the rules? (08:19)

Were there items you ever saved for special occasions? (14:43)

What are some of your personal failures over the past eleven years? (35:40)

How do you define “happiness”? (40:05)

Why do many people seek out chaos? (41:08)

What is the problem with happiness? (43:32)

What have been the best and worst parts of your friendship? (1:02:22)

What is your opinion regarding cloud storage and digital photography? (1:09:29)

Outside of minimizing physical stuff, what have you learned about minimizing the internal elements of life, like stress, depression, worry? (1:15:32)

Why is worry pointless? (1:15:53)

What are the two types of fear? (1:16:32)

Reflecting on the past eleven years, is there anything at the beginning you would change? (1:20:08)

What is “irrational confidence”? (1:22:05)

LINKS

Added Value: “2 A.M.”

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Article: Specialness Spirals

Book: Angels

Book: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover

Book: Love People, Use Things

Class: How to Write Better

Essay: How to Start a Successful Blog in 2022

Essay: Our 21-Day Journey into Minimalism

Essay: The Sound of Life

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MAXIMS

“To persuade someone is to unlove them.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“I’d rather empower someone than exert power over someone.” —Ryan Nicodemus

“The pursuit of pleasure obstructs happiness.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“Too much order or too much chaos paralyzes us.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“Our pursuit of happiness is making us miserable.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“Death is the ultimate FOMO.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“To worry about something is to pray for something bad to happen in the future.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 318.