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407 Living With Less: The Power of Being a Minimalist with Joshua Fields Millburn

The School of Greatness

CHAPTER

The Paradox of Minimalism

It took me about eight months to radically simplify my life. I got rid of about 90% of my possessions, still 50,000 out of whatever you know. What adds value to my life today may be different five years from now or whatever. And so letting go allowed me to figure out the paradox of minimalism is I get far more value from the material items I own now than by watering down with hundreds of thousands of items.

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