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Episode 348: Don't Upgrade and Reprogramming the Twitch by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus of The Minimalists (Simplicity).
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sort of optimal living daily. This is optimal living daily episode. Three hundred and forty eight dont upgrade and reprogramming the switch
from audio book, essential as raised by the minimalist and I'm just a moloch, the guy who reads blogs
books to you for free to help. You optimize your life, offer them
was a bringing more happiness and a more meaningful life and for the last three
Is I've been playing excerpts from an audio both their narrated for them analyse, and this baby?
last of it. For the week. We will try to find a thanksgiving or black Friday
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An exit from all your book
central essays by the minimalist. Don't upgrade
The newest latest graze version product axes available. Today, it's only
ex dollars and it does all the cool things you never knew it could do. If you act now, product acts will change your life.
We know we don't need part acts to live a life even if we really really want it
We know we don't have to buy the new Iphone when our old phone works just fine. We know we
need a new car just because the old one is in a shiny.
We know we don't need the latest version of software Ipad, television, laptop or gadget to make us happy
Africa to spend millions of dollars to create a sense of urgency to make us trouble over their products, but we can refuse to play that game
We can turn down the noise we can focus on.
We have, instead of what we don't have we.
We have everything we need sure Sunday, things
eight or wear out over time, and when that happens, we are left with at least three options go without this option is almost taboo and in our culture is seen as radical too many people
I wanna go without when I could just buy a new one. Often this option,
is the best option, though, when we go without
forces us to question our stuff? It forces us to discover whether or not we need it has sometimes
discover live without it is actually better than before. Repair it. So
again, a surly go without, but
running out and procuring product acts. We can attempt to repair the item first, even by a new cars because the brakes needs to be replaced.
Would you the same goes for many other household items, replace it as a last resort. We can replace things
But even when we do this, we can do so mindfully we can
used items we can buy products from local businesses and often.
In downgrade, so how
if necessary, to level fulfilling life.
Reprogramming that which, by George reveals Melbourne, must one unplug,
reality to properly observed reality, going without a forum for an instant
period of time seems to be the modern day equivalent of a vow of silence two months ago
started to eighty six, my phone for sixty days as an experiment just to see what would happen to see whether my world would keep spinning people were shot somewhere, appalled
some people are flat. I worried about me I'll skip over use, matrix preferences about unplugging from them
bed and simply say I learn more about myself. Then I intended I couldn't have done so.
Disconnecting for awhile, without stepping back and actually thinking about my life in a deliberate on in Europe.
The way this is what I learned during my two months of quiet time. We have weird expectations,
I realize I needed to get rid of myself on for a while, and I felt pressure to respond text messages, email and social media throughout the day we all have different expectations. You might
like someone to respond in an hour, so analysis might expect a response in ten minutes, another person, my stuff
the same day. These expectation
Hence our arbitrary.
When I eliminated my ability to immediately respond, I was able to toss everyone's expectations into the ether meaningful conversations without the banal
If ephemeral, tax conversations, my real face to face conversations, have become more meaningful worm spending time with my
closest friends and loved ones. I now have more to discuss in earnest. I enjoy these
Relations more than ever, people are supportive and understanding
when we make changes in our lives were often afraid of what people will think will they think
crazy, stupid or out of touch people are
The support of an understanding than we think, particularly the people closer to us, especially
we discuss our changes with them and let them know we're making the changes we can live happier. Lives are true, friends want us to be happy, we programme ourselves
without knowing in our daily activities, have a profound impact on our future cells are used to reach him
library? Every few minutes, no matter where I was even at the colonel
the phone. Wasn't with me, I programme myself to reach for it what an obscene to which we can reprogram ourselves. Similarly, we can change these paths
When we remove a habit from our lives, we become acutely aware of how that have affected our lives. This is true for any habit: smoky
over eating, etc. It took twenty two
For me to reprogram the two which twenty two days, pausing
noticing why I was twitching after
point two days. I no longer felt the urge to immediately react. I no longer felt the need to pacify myself with transitory activities. I text
being or respond to emails during every moment of quota. Unquote, downtime downtime is a misnomer.
We used, have precious interstitial zones and which we could find momentary, solace, airports Chagall
and waiting rooms and other transience sanctuaries in which we could Baskin Reverie no longer is this the case.
However, one seems to be on their phones ring these fleeing moments. They are attempting to be more productive for interactive, but stopping
thinking is far more productive than fiddling with our phones. The world goes on with
cell phone without the internet, without a tv the world keeps turning. You can test anything for a short period
I am to see whether it right for you, it's not hard to give up anything when you lose
in the real world. There was this.
Your time when I actually needed my phone in the last two months sure there were
I have one, it was inconvenience times when I had to fight through the frustration, but there a small price to pay.
Reprogram the twitch. Yes, all
back to using a cell phone for practical purposes. Gps, necessary phone calls the dictionary out by Miss dearly
a pad and a few other useful apps value,
utterly differently going forward are not going to use.
To check email anymore, I'm not gonna, use it to send tax measures.
While standing at a urinal
going to rely on as my primary means of interacting with the world around me myself on you
this will be more intentional them before my phone will be a tool, not an appendage.
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and I'll do it on this day before Thanksgiving I'll see, if I can find
of imposed for Thanksgiving tomorrow and Black Friday, the day after author browser
and she was out there, but for now,
I'll stay minimal and I'll, be here on Thanksgiving reading to use a more where,
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