"I will spend quite a bit of time outside walking barefoot," he says. "My, my daughter spends 90% of her time walking barefoot as well." The mat simulates being out on the earth and grounded but you can't do that always when you're inside. 'If you want to sit down the couch and read a book, then yeah, I'll just have a grounding mat there'
Joshua Fields Millburn is one-half of The Minimalists. He is also a New York Times–bestselling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix filmmaker, podcaster, writing instructor, and international speaker.
But in this conversation, he spoke about why he doesn’t get too attached to those labels, the practice of grounding, why he doesn’t use his phone on Saturdays, why discipline is a misnomer, and much more.