I tackled my chest freezer and expired food first. 95% of each thrown out. All were expired. Frozen food dated back to 2018. Sad I wasted so much food.

This month I deactivated my FB account, uninstalled the app in my phone and also the messenger app. There are so many distractions and I have to be careful where to put my attention to so I can focus on the important things that I care the most. I started reading the book "Total Freedom" and it's helping me to think about what really matters in my life the most. I've been decluttering and donating things to a thrift store near our house and I am giving more to get the peace and space that I want. I know it's not an overnight success but I'm adopting the Slow Living so I can be more intentional of what I'm doing. I am more peaceful now and happier without all the unnecessary things around me. Thank you so much for inspiring people to live a good quality of life before life ends. God bless you! ❤️🙏

@anitas5817

Жыл бұрын

Slow living is an absolutely wonderful principle to explore and move toward.

@jeanmaputi4336

Жыл бұрын

True enough. I've been working online for years, given it up and decided to live sustainably. More time for my family, volunteering and cooking healthy food, meditating, cleaning our home everyday and being more present to my loved ones.

@PARoth2011

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully written, I am attempting to do the same thing.

@troytempest290

6 ай бұрын

I’ve done the same-fired my butler, cut the household staff down to 5, put the chauffeur on 8 hour days, doubled my yoga classes & now live a life of frugality & self delusion.

1. Social Media 2. Schedule 3. Habits 4. Food 5. Entertainment 6. Money spent 7. Money needed 8. work 9. words 10. Negative self-talk 11. Digital clutter 12. Goals 13. Notifications 14. Visual clutter (noise) 15. Success

@DeborahCaldwell77

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhhh thanks for sorting that into the 1 to 3 for me thank you

@annefitz7346

Жыл бұрын

Thx for doing this list ! Much appreciated

Another one to apply minimalist principles is: people (having healthy personal boundaries in place eg being conscious not staying too long when visiting someone)

I’ve been looking at a lamp and telling myself it just needs another shade - nope, it needs another home!

I’ve been eating the same breakfast and lunch for over 20 years. Oatmeal with fruit for breakfast and a spinach salad with lots of other veggies for lunch. Makes grocery buying so easy.

These are very thought provoking. Thank you for making these videos. You are helping all of us become better humans!

@JoshuaBecker

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words.

@ninaharris5335

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the opportunity to consider whether we are living our best lives, and how to make them better.

@DrN77777

Жыл бұрын

Good job D Bartz, Glad you are gaining success with minimalism! Isaiah 64:6 “All our works are like filthy rags” So believing on Jesus is the only true way to clean up our lives.

I can benefit from each point you made. Social media-the worst distraction for me! Also, I love what you said about food and needing less variety than we think. It’s kind of like clothing, we have lots but we wear the same few things over and over. Thank you!

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Terri! How are you doing?

@kate60

Жыл бұрын

Correct

Good point on the food. Can you also make a video on the variety, choice and habit of food that your family is leaning to.

@becs2272

Жыл бұрын

The point about food caught my interest too. I would love to see a video on that also!

@amandazplace5663

Жыл бұрын

I had an "a-ha" moment a few months ago. My husband & I flew somewhere where food prices were more than double what we pay at home. Since the purpose of our vacation was for sun & scenery, not food, we ate a VERY simple diet, all at our rental. I was shocked that we could be completely satisfied on oatmeal, toast, eggs, coffee, bananas, apples, tuna & egg sandwiches, a cookie, a pre-seasoned pasta or rice dish with canned tuna or chicken and canned peas or corn or fresh carrots or cucumber. We only drank water/coffee & purchased a small milk for oatmeal. That was all we had for a week! We ate big meals because there was nothing to snack on. We didn't miss our 50+ options because they weren't in our airb&b to remind us of what we missed. We also lost 1-2 lbs each.

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mary! How are you doing today?

Thanks so much for your continuous support Joshua. This is the second time I've heard you mention your diet in recent weeks, would you ever consider a video or blog about how you eat/cook? You mention you are minimal with the ingredients you choose, it would be fascinating to hear about how you remove added stress and unnecessary ingredients from your kitchen whilst maintaining a balanced diet. I appreciate this isn't really your kind of thing but I'm sure you could put your Joshua spin on the topic 😉

Thank you for this message! You have made me live a better and more productive life. I'm not young, so I'm proof that it's never too late to change. I'm so happy!

Thank you for mentioning minimizing words. I’ve thought about this a lot lately, and notice that people (at least in my circles) tend to talk way more than is necessary to make a simple point. I’m trying to work on this!

Keeping this valuable vlog. Many of these have occurred to me as I declutter . Thank you for mentioning them. I have especially found reducing words to be so helpful. It reduces my confusion and my listener’s confusion. It also helps me to listen better.I have experienced the truth of the proverb that says something about where fewer words are spoken, there is less error.

I had deleted Facebook for 3 years and now that I'm back on it I do not obsess over it any more as I only use it for the 3 things that are important to me. And this applies in many other areas in my life. I cleared toxic people and clutter from my home, and more.

Your definition is the best definition I have ever heard.

So much information worth multiple views! Thank you 🙏

i think a huge thing to me where minimalism has changed my life is that it emphasizes both simplicity and priority which i love :)

Thank you for these great videos. Our family here in Australia has learned so much from them. We have never commented before but wish to let you know we’re enjoying the whole experience one day at a time. It’s brought such peace, quality and joy to our life and our living space. Thanks again Joshua. ✨💐✨

Minimize WORDS! Yes! Choosing them carefully is so wise. Self-talk…absolutely. We would never speak to others the way we can often speak to ourselves. It can take time to retrain our neural pathways in this area, but so worth. I have kept a fortune cookie fortune in my wallet for years with the “chasing-two-rabbits” proverb. It has helped me much over the years. Love your work, Joshua!

I found that I would have takeout when I felt too busy and too tired to make a decision on what to eat. Now I have the same thing for breakfast daily, same thing for lunch daily, same thing for dinner daily. I occasionally have something different but at least when I'm tired I don't have to think of what to make since I always have what I need to make my one set meal. No thinking required.

Social Media is a huge distraction for me. That is my GOAL to limit. I do meal plan & we eat healthy!!! Exercising more needs to be increased!! Thank you for sharing!!! 😊😃😄

your sessions are extremely helpful as I start this new journey. it is so much more than stuff that pulls us away from the best intentions to pare down. very encouraging and supportive .

Love this video, and the wonderfully exhaustive list. It literally captures the true spirit of minimalism. Thank you, Joshua!

Thanks, Joshua! I’m going to go clean my kitchen before I go to bed!

You always make so much sense Joshua. Thank you.

I especially liked #4, food... among others. While raising my children it was easier to make a list of our favorite meals, and the groceries needed to buy for those. I'd try a new meal sometimes. Also, I'd always try to minimize the prep time, for instance, in grating cheese for 2 meals at once and storing the extra in the fridge until needed later that week.. Soon I had it so concise that we'd repeat the same meals every couple of weeks. It didn't seem to get boring and no one complained. It was much easier than wondering what to have for dinner and having to go out for fast food at the last minute. You could only do big grocery shopping once a month, too, which would result in saving money and time! Shop one day, then the next day sort, do prep work, label containers and store in the freezer. As the month progresses, take something out of the freezer the night before to cook the next day; put ii in the refrigerator. Get into a routine and relax the rest of the month!

I always love your videos. Such great advice! Thank you and keep doing what you do.

Thank you! Learned something new today: visual noise

Love this and agree...this is a work in progress for me with the end goal of less distractions..

Thank you for the insightful explanation and the wonderful tips, Mr. Becker. I couldn't agree more. Have a wonderful weekend and blessings to you and yours 🙏🏻🎉

I needed this today. Thank you.

Wonderful. Thank you 💝

Helpful & inspiring. Thank you.

Insightful video! Thanks 🙏

Joshua, I like this video as you highlighted a range of things that takes our precious time away from what's most important to us. It's amazing how much time we now spend using too much technology throughout the day. You made an interesting point about reducing the amount of variation in our food; not only can it take up too much of our time, but we end up with a kitchen full of food that we don't use often enough. I like variety, but there are ways to simplify the ingredients and cooking time and frequency. Your point of consciously using less words as a test for one day is an excellent idea. Leonard Cohen was a master at using as few words as possible to make huge statements. It amazes me how you can keep producing new videos applying variations on the same theme. By listening to you, I feel more centred. Thank you so much!

Very good. Thank you and really encouraging.👏🏻😀

Thank you again, I'm always looking forward to your weekly encouragements! Sometimes I really need them, because I feel pretty lonesome in the world as you describe it...

A brilliant message. Thank you Joshua

Excellent concluding words. I will keep them in mind this weekend as I shape my environment and my life. Many thanks!

#15 🎯🎯🎯 To quote some of my favorite lyrics, “Tell me who knew that simply being content was the dream come true.” My life doesn’t look like the typical 30-something, but I am more satisfied and peaceful than I have ever been 😌

@rw7206

Жыл бұрын

Please share where these lyrics are from. Thank you

@LeMErin21

Жыл бұрын

@@rw7206 it’s from “All I Have” by John Reuben.

Thank you Joshua.

Very helpful! And I think 'information overload' (decluttering thoughts) should included on the list. Thank you for sharing :)

Excellent video, simply put that it gives you inspiration to start applying these tips. Thank you

This post was on a whole new level. Thank you.

Always Outdoing your Already Perfectly Helpful and Delightful Self. May God Bless You and Your Family Specially this year.

This was Excellent! Very helpful. Thank you.

THIS is exactly why I signed up for your Uncluttered course! I was having trouble explaining it but these are the reasons why. I have minimalized my possessions over the last few years but know other areas in my life need to be filtered to a more comfortable level.

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Renee! How are you doing?

Wow. Great list! Wisdom and joy can be found in these principles. Thank you much.🌸🌿

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Debra! How are you doing?

Thank you! ❤

I would love to see a video that goes more into the food aspect of minimalism that you mention here. I did search your blog and sort of found a post about it, but a video would be great! (If there isn't already one) Thanks!

Enjoyed these well thought out tips. Essentialist another method we luv

The best and most thought provoking insights today

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Selena! How are you doing?

Very thought provoking. Thank you. Love to hear your thoughts

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Pamela! How are you doing?

Thank you!

Fantastic video!! Thank you so much!!!

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Joanna! How are you doing today?

I really appreciate this video ❤

Thank You.

I read a little book about 25 years ago by Elaine St James called Simplify Your Life and I still recommend it. That was before the internet and social media and streaming services etc, but it changed my life forever. I agree with every one of these points Joshua. I still have to work at it like everyone, but I love my calm simple life. We can be easily overrun with distractions, stimulation, too many choices and too many decisions.

@cherylmitchell6232

Жыл бұрын

I read Elaine's book as well and it started my minimalist journey as well. Loved her books, but I have reaaly enjoyed all of Joshua's books and videos and blogs as well! Great stuff.

@darla2142

Жыл бұрын

I read that book too! Life changer.

@laurablake8330

10 ай бұрын

That book also started my journey! ❤

Could you please make a video of your family's simple healthy meal rotation? Thank you for all your videos! They are so helpful

Even before I even finish watching your videos, I always hit the like, just really well made and very helpful.

@JoshuaBecker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael.

💥A favorite episode! 100% awesome, worthy of listening to over & over 👍🏻

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jessica! How are you doing?

Great principals to live by! Thank you

Interesting thought about minimalist food 👍🏼

This content is purely original.Thank you Sir. I am satisfied with my adopted habits of minimising in all areas except my official front. It became out of my reach and I am compel to live in stress. Please advise.🙏

Excellent. Thank you.

♥️♥️♥️. Great advice gentle voice and it's great to hear a blokes prospective.

Wow! Thank you 🤔

I really appreciate this channel. I’ve been inspired by the concept of minimalism; and I’m attempting to start the process downsizing my video collection (DVDs, BluRays, tapes, etc.). It’s been pretty challenging because for years and years people have known me as a movie guy; i.e. it’s sort of become who I am. Definitely a mental thing. But I’ve realized I’ve become a hoarder; and movies have completely taken over my space! I would say that movies still bring me joy; so I’m finding it rather difficult to decide where the line should be drawn.

@stephsnow2643

Жыл бұрын

This sounds tough Matt, could you consider an alternative way to display your movie collection instead of in DVD form? A poster or coffee table books, visual reminders of the movies you love and that will spark conversation or act as a reference point without needing to store the whole collection maybe?

Thank you.

Wow! What a blessing of a message. Joshua, all your messages are good and worthwhile and this one is one of the very best and one of the most important. Thank you!

WOW!!! AWESOME INSIGHT:)

Another good message Thanks.

So glad to have Joshua as a fellow Peoria, Arizona "neighbor"...hello from 'Fletcher Heights '

@JoshuaBecker

Жыл бұрын

Howdy from Vistancia.

Very helpful list!

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hello Anita! How are you doing?

Great video and thoughts

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hello Tanya! How are you doing?

Great video!

Good morning, Joshua, I teach a couple of classes of 10th and 11th graders in a very small school. It’s a couple of hours’ drive outside of Istanbul, Turkey. My kids are sons and daughters of Korean missionaries serving in the Middle East. Half of my class are refugee kids from Iran, Syria (Kurds), and Afghanistan. It is about an even split. Language is a challenge in my classes. Well, I have been using some of your KZread entries and blog posts in my classes (sorry if there is something illegal about that or some sort of copyright infringement) but we run things on a shoestring around here and have to use what’s available. I wasn’t too sure how well this stuff about “minimalism” would be received by a bunch of kids who for the most part don’t have much. But I discovered that your work has really struck a chord with many of my students once we overcome the language issues. What’s the deal with that??? We watched your piece, 15 Places (other than Possessions) to Apply Minimalist Principles. I had a young student (maybe about 15-16) come up afterward and after a little prodding tell me that she had accepted the fact that she probably would never have a lot of clothes, a car, or a house, or any of the stuff that you talk about as normal in American society. She would probably never have children or even a husband because she had been shot in the stomach and abdomen a couple of times and thus was considered not a suitable mate for anyone. She told me she was trying to make peace with the prospect of not ever having much. She said she was finding some solace in your message of finding value not in things but instead in the intangibles of life. She told me that even after watching as members of her family were murdered in front of her and she herself shot and left for dead, she appreciated your words to the effect that things should never stand in the way of her passion. Her passions, for now, were to heal, to learn, and to one day find a couple of younger brothers who have gone missing. She did not want to be anxious about many of the things that people around her were always talking about. Distraction would not help her do what she believed she was called to do. As you would expect she loved your rabbit example. Chace two, lose them both. Her words were not for me. They were for you, so I thought I would pass them on. Once upon a time, I preached messages to a small rural church in Virginia. I was always surprised at what people would hear in those messages. Too often for comfort what they heard was not at all what I intended to say. I guess there was someone else in the mix. Who knows? Please keep up the good work. Fred Edwards Istanbul, Turkey

Really interested in how you applt minimalism to food. I struggle meal planning trying to be more intentional about what we eat

Great insight

Absolutely true:when you start living intentionally in one srea than you extrnd it to many other area.I live in Sicily and as you know in Europe in general we are minimalist or,at least,not as consumist as in the USA so it's not so difficult to us.Thanx for all the inspiration

@katefargo75

Жыл бұрын

I‘m from Germany and it‘s hardly less consumerist here than in the US, where I‘ve stayed for one year.🤷🏼‍♀️

So agree with the food. I have 1-2 meals a day but things like sauces I no longer use. Eat keto as much as I can. Have given up vegetables and limit fruits to berries.

Well said.

Very positive message

Great!

Well said

Every Thursday for dinner we have quiche ,muffins and a small bowel of fresh mixed fruit. Then there are plenty of left over for Fridays breakfast. My husband loves it !

THUMBS UP! JOSHUA. Gina Kapuscinski

Another home run!

Please Joshua give me a short advice that will hit and stick to my head. My problem is I am listening to all your videos and other minimalists and really want to focus on other more important matters need to be accomplished in my life, but I am still spending money and shopping for stuff I have already and getting rid of them or piling them up in my spare room 😢.

@JaneH3675

Жыл бұрын

Look up Dana K White. She's a great help.

What about “people”? It’s funny when I saw the headline that’s where my head went and I love that thought. Either way GREAT video!

Amen

Certainly thought provoking. I had to watch it twice and made notes. Thank you Joshua🙏. As I was reading comments and your response-somehow your comment seemed to disappear. it was for the person who has written the 15 topics. I hope I didn't delete it. Please let me know if I did something wrong. Tx

!!….great…..!! GREAT

Great video! Do you have a simple system for marking and taking notes in your Bible? My Bible has narrow margins, so not a lot of room for writing notes. There are so many videos on color coding, but I find all those colors and lines drawn all over the pages very distracting.

@jvnd2785

Жыл бұрын

I write down verses/notes on revision cards. These can be colour-coded if you prefer but I find that white, ruled cards are the best. You can order your notes on a general theme/subject you want to focus on...or order them in a chronological order. You can pick a couple of these cards every day and memorise the verses.

@db.4701

Жыл бұрын

@@jvnd2785 Thank you for your suggestion.

@jvnd2785

Жыл бұрын

@@db.4701no problem. Love the LORD with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. Love and understand His law.

You have helped me again!!! Thank you!!!!♥️

@benmorrison8823

Жыл бұрын

Hello Mary! How are you doing?

👍❤️

💯

@JoshuaBecker

Жыл бұрын

First!

❤️

I now live by the 1 minute rule thanks Joshua

🤩Oh Brilliant, I have some friends that need this stuff, (Evan Carmichael has been showing you off at the moment, I would have never known) 💯👍

@JoshuaBecker

Жыл бұрын

Oh really? That's awesome. Where can I find that from Evan?

@strongwk

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBecker Hi It was in the KZread Bootcamp wasn't it? Or maybe I was mistaken? (He's been running a 2 day Bootcamp on how to use YT,) 💯👍

@JoshuaBecker

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea. I haven't seen his YT Bootcamp (or anyone else's).

@strongwk

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBecker OK it must have been someone with a similar name. All Good, thanks anyway. 💯👍