The Minimalists dive deep into the anxiety that often accompanies the holiday shopping season.
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Discussed in This Episode
- How can I stop people from buying unnecessary Christmas gifts that clutter our home?
- What fills your holiday season with anxiety and what do you do to minimize holiday clutter?
- Listener tip: A helpful script for opting out of gift-giving during the holiday season.
- Gift-Wrapping Break: Malabama’s favorite Christmas song.
- What is the best gift to buy for a minimalist?
- When does holiday participation morph into holiday consumerism?
- Why are we afraid of facing the internal clutter that is hiding beneath the physical clutter?
- How do we enjoy this heavily commodified holiday without contributing to landfills?
- What are the benefits of being willing to walk away from anything?
- More About Less: Consumption Season.
- What is T.K.’s favorite Christmas song?
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- If it gets in the way of the holidays, it’s holiday clutter.
- Clarity, boundaries, and grace clear the way for a clutter-free holiday.
- We went from celebrating Christmas to surviving the holidays the moment the holiday season became the holiday shopping season.
- Gift-giving is a love language the same way Pig Latin is a Romance language.
- Forced participation is the gateway to resentment.
- Our material possessions are a physical manifestation of our internal lives.
- Opting out of consumerism is the best way to opt-in to celebration.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: “Sing a Christmas Carol”
- Blog: Consumption Season
- Book: Essential
- Book: Everything That Remains
- Book: Love People, Use Things
- Book: Minimalism
- Donate: Against Malaria Foundation
- Donate: Charity Water
- Event: Sunday Symposium
- Patreon: Friday Afternoon Minimalist Zoom
- Patreon: Gift a Membership
- Rate: Apple Podcasts
- Resource: Clutter Counseling
- Resource: Minimalist Rulebook
- Song: “Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)”
- Watch: Gift Giving Playlist
- Website: Shawn Mihalik
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