BZ Book Review 11: <Minimalism> by Joshua Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
Key Takeaways
1. To kickstart your journey to minimalism by paying off your debt and decluttering your surroundings. Decluttering not only gives up more physical breathe room but also provide more mental breathing room. Less distraction physically can make us concentrate more on what is important to us.
2. Minimalism is about reducing the junk you put into your body. Think your body as a machine. You need good fuel to make it run better. it includes whatever you feed to your body and mind.
For food, try replacing diary and bread with vegetables, fish and beans
For mental consumption, try reading books instead of watching Netflix.
3. Minimalism requires to reprogram how you think from “I should…” to “I must…”; from “I will be…” to “I am…”
4. Use the TARA method to tolerate, accept, respect, and appreciate the person you are with
Tolerate their unique passion or hobby
Accept that it will always be part of them
Respect the effort they put into their part time
Appreciate the hobby make them who they are and appreciate the hobby as part of your life because they are part of your love ones’ life.
5. Don’t let work define who you are. Check if your work is in line with the five most important parts of life
Health
Relationship
Passions
Personal Growth
Your contribution to society
Next time when people as what you do. Tell them what you do and then direct the conversation into what you are interested in doing right now and ask them about their passion.
