It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal living daily episode. Twelve. Ninety eight minimalism part two by Mark Man, said Mark Manson dot net and I'm just a moloch be Monday, happy first of July, viewless knee in real time and welcome by two of them. Living daily or the O l DE podcast, where I read to you from. Some of the best blows. I can find an get permission from today's both comes from mark me, sin and is a continuation from yesterday actually of your new here. I recommend this ain't. A yes these episode, twelve, ninety seven first before we get to it. Thank you to joy bird, find your joy to A joy, bird dog com, slash old, with joy, birdie, get one of a kind furniture crafty your unique taste. This is quality, handcrafted furniture using high quality, responsibly source materials to fit your exact specifications. See how joy can help you design your dream, space, Creed, the furniture that brings joy today at joy, bird dot, com, slash, oh well de gotta, joy, bird dot, com,

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to think of it. In numerical terms, something may give us five points of pleasure, but laws of earth what causes to perceive fifteen points of pain if we lose it, so still investing five points worth of ever to maintain it. We invest fifteen points of effort as something that gives us five points. A pleasure, such as the curse of loss aversion and such as the benefit of being attached to his few things as possible happiness studies consistently bring back a couple of findings number one that we derive far more happiness from it Sperience is than we do from possessions and about two. There were better off investing our energy in our relationships than the things we are getting rid of unnecessary possessions. Can therefore, indirectly improve our quality of life through the following ways: number one freeze up more time and money to spend on experiences and with people number two forces to invest more of their identity in their behaviour and attitude and lessen objects around them. Number three removes the stress of loss,

version and trying to hold on to what one already has an before saves money, always distress, stress, reducer, I'm sure, one day alone property and need to furnish a small apartment or house or something. But when I do go back, having permanent possessions unsure, as I won't be, invest in them in the way I used to be in the way most people are. What can you You get rid of today now comes the fun part. Will talk about the useless for you have that you can get rid of today on the start of the easiest objects to trash and moved to the most difficult number one. Ninety percent of, what's in your storage, closet, attic more garage. This is the easy part. The spring cleaning part those old golf clubs. He never play with the rest, the toolbox box, the bean aboard Gamester Bicycle Palm for the bike, you don't have any more. The old pool toys the posters from com knowledge on and on and on this list of, you would have thrown up ages ago, except he told herself. While you

never know or stopped because they brought a really good memory, or to look if you when used in the past three months and don't think, is likely you'll use it in the next three months toss it dont think about dont reminisce just toss it you won't miss it. I promise number two cities is twenty nineteen get with the time and put all of your music on your computer. If you, years ago, I saw my collection of four hundred plus cds for five hundred dollars that aid for a plane ticket the Panama, no brainer number three video games about half of my readers, just gasped one, I saw this yes, video games are fun and they're nice to blossom steam every now and then multiple who play them and particularly young man play them way too much only. Are they a massive time seeing, but they waste a lot of money and all but kill your social life. Ask yourself. If you spent half the amount of time is

and playing video games out socializing the past five years or reading books. Would your life be like chances are yours I dropped as soon as you thought about that? If it did, then it's time to put the xbox and Ps3 on Craigslist, the other three of your hard drive get living number for television near there are some good tv shows you can watch them when your computer for free, whenever you like, forget the television having around only encourages you'd get sucked into pointless like sports. Go watch of every games at a sports bar watching sports with other people is ten times better, even if their total strangers number five books, our bookworm and love the good all glue and paper as much as anybody, but by hey Kindle or Ipad and sword downloading your books, this one hurt me alone. I resisted it for a long time from glad I did it and we're six clothes

four guys. All you need is three to four dress: shirts, three to tee shirts, two pairs of genes, annice pair of pants, some shorts exercise, shoes, dress, shoes, a coat, a jacket, a sweater, maybe a sweat socks and underwear for women may know the sounds crazy, but you don't really need a whole lot more than most guys, instead of treasures may be just three to four dresses. If you're into that and the great thing about pressing for women is that accessories can really changed the whole look of an outfit, so the few scarves or this is of jewelry or hats or whatever you can mix and match the same view. Peace doesn't still look like given endless closet number. Seven furniture now we're getting serious that nice cherry never sit in the dining room said you touch once a year, the actual table new office, the bookshelf that held that books he just sold when he tossed her. Needed furniture likely to find that you can easily live in a house or apartment half the size return one that may be a traumatic realization.

For some of you, but if you can handle it, use the money you may now to live in a smaller place in a far better location. Remember experiences, bring happiness, not stuff. So, what's gonna make you happy the futon grandma gave you for a graduation present or living down the street from your fairy concert venue in a bright car If you live in a better location and live in a city with good public transportation chances are you don't need a car anymore, I'm an underclass in nine years I think is very likely all ever own one again, my friends think I'm crazy about they. Ve never lived a city with Quality mass transit. If you don't own much stuff, you can live in the best location in the city and then use buses or match rose to get where you need to go. Not only is it far cheaper, far more convene me into an far more enjoyable but leaves a much smaller carbon footprint. Doin situation I gave him are the Monti. A car again is. If I one day and

as for little kids, and need a shuttle them back and forth to football practice and dance recitals. But let's cut this article off right, there before. I start envisioning my soccer on future, but little bit too clearly You just wasn't: apart to the post, titled minimalism, by Mark Manson of Mark Manson DOT net today Mark talked about furniture. You don't ever use furniture that doesn't bring your joy. It's important to distinguish. We all want a haven of place. I feels uniquely you joy bird and powers, he decree the furniture and space that brings. You joy find your joy today, a joy bird dot com, slash old which nobody at one of a kind furniture made meteor, unique, taste and EVA three hundred the five day home trial, its hassle, free delivery, believer move all the packing materials that he could sit on it

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for me, probably also the lowest, because arguments or feeling bad can really only happen when you're around people, at least in general, but you can only have those highs, if you have lower too but days without friends or famine, it does we usually in the forty six range out of ten. So basically just average mood, maybe lower, fell, sick or something but being around people whose company I enjoy. That's when the eighth, ninth and tenth appear a really think you can have that without some people than some relationships in your life, so something to think about. Maybe try, tracking your mood with a quick description of what you did that day and see where the high stays are but ll leave it at that effort, They hope you have a great rest of your day and start your weak and month. Thank you for being here. Listening to me ever subscribing to the show really means a lot and I'll be back tomorrow, where your optimal life awaits