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Learning To Love “Just Enough”

Learning To Love “Just Enough”

It’s human nature to pursue more: More stuff. More money. More professional power. While it’s certainly important to both create and reach goals in life, the mindless pursuit of more leaves many of us feeling depleted.

And when we’re always striving to attain the next big thing? We are effectively removing ourselves from the beauty of the present moment.

On today’s show I’m speaking with blogger Tyler Moore about whether it’s possible to be happy with less and, if so, how.

 

Here’s a preview:

[7:45] The relationship between tidying up your stuff and tidying up your priorities

[10:30] Quieting the voice in your head that yearns for more

[16:00] The unexpected benefits of living with just enough

[25:00] First steps for determining what’s just enough for you

 

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It's human nature to pursue more. To reach the next level professionally. To own the next "thing". And while it's certainly well and good to create and reach for goals in life, the mindless pursuit of more leaves many of us feeling depleted. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: Whether it's possible to be happy with less and, if so, how.

 

It's human nature to pursue more. To reach the next level professionally. To own the next "thing". And while it's certainly well and good to create and reach for goals in life, the mindless pursuit of more leaves many of us feeling depleted. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: Whether it's possible to be happy with less and, if so, how.

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On today’s show, New York Times journalist Eric Athas offers advice for stepping away from the cycle of constant buying, saying no to shallowness, and discovering the right kind of “new” in our lives.

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[8:00] We're wired to become bored the familiar, and other truths to newness

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