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Ryan Nicodemus is one half of the simple-living duo The Minimalists. As the bestselling author of four books, Nicodemus has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine and has spoken at Harvard, Apple, and Google. His podcast, The Minimalists Podcast, is often the #1 health show on Apple Podcasts, and his popular documentary, MINIMALISM, is available on Netflix. Raised in Dayton, Ohio, he currently lives in Los Angeles.

Clutter Metastasizes

By Joshua Fields Millburn

The year before I stumbled into minimalism, my mother developed Stage 4 cancer. Although we called it “lung cancer,” it had metastasized to other vital organs, including her brain, before she passed.

If there was a silver lining in my mother’s painful death, it’s that losing her forced me to take an inventory of my own life. And so, seventeen years ago, I started simplifyin

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“Wright says, "You are the only person in the world who can complete and fulfill you, and ensure your happiness. Everyone else is a potential (hopefully) wonderful addition to that fated situation.

You are born complete, you die complete, and you decide whom you spend your time with in between.”
Ryan Nicodemus, Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works

“Each of us is already a whole person, and the role of everything else is only to augment, enhance, or amplify our lives, not get in the way.”
Ryan Nicodemus, Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works

“Six Questions to Ask Before Buying
1. Who am I buying this for? (Me/Image)
2. Will this add value to my life?
3. Can I afford it?
4. Is this the best use of this money?
5. What’s the actual cost? ($+)
6. Would the best version of me buy this?”
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