Maximal Ep. 433 | Shoes (Video) (Patreon)

The Minimalists talk about what to do when success feels like failure, managing digital clutter, deciding between two fantastic opportunities, fundraising without buying and selling, how to let go of shoes, why advice is never one-size-fits-all, taking breaks from technology, and more!

Discussed in this episode:

How can we stop caring what society wants us to do? (01:36)

How can I declutter the files on my phone and computer? (14:48)

How can I choose between two fantastic job opportunities? (20:47)

What are some ways to fundraise without buying and selling things? (29:00)

Why can’t I let go of shoes I never wear? (36:24)

What’s the balance between listening to experts and doing our own research? (49:00)

How can we take breaks from technology when everything is digital these days? (54:10)

How many coffee mugs are too many? (01:00:45)

Why is a paid-off car the best car? (01:05:07)

Is minimalism racist? (01:11:50)

What is “junk journaling?” (01:22:20)

Why did this Patron downsize her home? (01:29:57)

What does Seth Godin mean by “jump in the lake”? (01:34:30)

LINKS

Added Value: "Headlights Home"

Article: 7 Places You Can Donate Sneakers For Cash

Audiobook: Emotional Clutter

Book: 16 Rules for Living with Less

Book: Everything That Remains

Book: There Is No How

Essay: The Successful Man’s Path to Lasting Satisfaction

Podcast: Matt Kearney

Podcast: Seth Godin

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Tour: The Everything Tour

Website: Soles4Souls.org

MAXIMS

When success feels like failure, you’re playing the wrong game.

Success is a multiplayer game; satisfaction is a single-player game.

If you do everything you’re “supposed” to do and you’re still unhappy, question the prescriptions, not the unhappiness.

If your decluttering principles get in your way, then declutter those principles.

The uncomfortable path is the most fulfilling path.

A thing becomes clutter the moment it ceases to add value.

Meditation is a technology.

Fire will either warm you or burn you depending on how deliberately you use it.

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