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Minimalist declutter challenge12/28/2023 ![]() What’s important is to get the process started. ![]() *Some improvements to the rules of this decluttering challenge: 30 days does not have to equate to 30 consecutive days. A space where you know where everything is and don’t have to dig through stuff you no longer love or use. She also has a show you can watch on Netflix as additional inspiration.GIF by go of stuff can be hard! But life feels easier in a tidy, well-maintained space. ![]() She goes over how she holds items in her hands and questions to ask to help you decide what is important to you. If you want some added inspiration or tips for helping you decide what to declutter each day, I found the book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo to be very helpful. They are all very inspiring, mostly positive people. But, you can always go to their channels and just look for their minimalism exclusive videos if you wish. Now, all of these channels don’t just talk about minimalism, but they all use the principles of minimalism in their daily lives, so it comes up a lot. Some of my favorites are Sarah Therese, Natalie Bennett, Ashlynne Eaton, The Minimal Mom, Gabe Bult, and the director of The Minimalist Movies, Matt D’Avella. Then after watching Joshua Becker’s channel and The Minimalist channel, YouTube started to recommend more channels to me. I checkout his YouTube channel and have been hooked to it ever since. I first heard of Joshua Becker on their documentary. The Minimalist introduced me to the world of minimalist on YouTube. There is lots of inspiration out there to help you stay motivated on your journey through the Less is Now Challenge. Minimalism isn’t one size fits all, but it has the ability to affect everyone in a different, yet positive way. I think this is a great question to get anyone started because it is subjective to you and the way you live. Joshua has stated when he first started to minimize his possessions he would ask himself, “Does this thing bring value to my life”. Joshua was the first one to become a minimalist, and then shared the success he was having with Ryan. In the United States, our homes have three times more room than houses did in the 50’s, yet we still have an over 2 billion dollar a year storage facilities business.We are subjected to about 5000 advertisements a day. ![]() The average home in the United States has over 300,000 items in it.Here are a few startling facts that might help you understand why minimalism is becoming a way for people to gain a sense of freedom in their lives. Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life’s most important thing-which actually aren’t things at all. The Less is Now challenge helps us enter the world of minimalism, but what is minimalism? Ryan and Joshua define minimalism this way, It further delves into their journey with minimalism, and introduces us to The Less is Now Challenge. Now, hoping to bring their message to even more people, they have a new special, The Minimalist: Less is Now on Netflix. This introduced them to a whole new audience. The tour they went on to promote their book eventually became their first documentary, The Minimalist, which is available on Netflix. Ryan and Joshua started the blog at, and wrote about their own personal journeys to minimalism in their book, Everything that Remains. But before we get onto the challenge, lets first introduce you to The Minimalist and explain how they changed their lives with minimalism. The Minimalist are Ryan Nicodemus and Joshua Fields Millburn, and they have a new way to jump into the world of minimalism, called the Less is Now Challenge. One of my first, and biggest influences in this movement are The Minimalist. I have posted about minimalism before on this blog, so you know it is something I am passionate about.
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