Free By Design

I’ve developed a daily routine and it’s been really improving my life in a lot of ways. On today’s episode I talk about what that routine is, how I got in to doing it, and all of the benefits that I’ve enjoyed so far by doing it on a daily basis.

Instead of over complicating things, let’s simplify them! Retirement and savings is of no exception. In today’s episode I discuss an alternative and unconventional approach to saving for retirement. It’s a follow up to the last episode on minimalist pretirement planning.

Some people call it early retirement, some people call it micro retirements, I call it minimalist pretirement. In today’s episode I discuss this topic. I go back into expense management and alternative income streams. This will be episode one of two on the topic of minimalist pretirement.

I’m always so amazed at all of the different aspects of life that you can apply minimalist principals. On this episode I discuss diet, and how I’ve simplified it to align with minimalism. In the end, I find a pared back diet to be extremely optimal.

Even exercise can be minimized. It’s actually an aspect of my life that’s so much easier now that I’ve pared it back. In this week’s episode I discuss my bare essential exercise routine. I go into what it is, why I’ve designed it the way I have, and the benefits I’ve enjoyed from paring it back.

Thought exercises are fun. You can even learn a lot about yourself through them. On today’s episode I y’all through a recent thought exercise I had. It was spurred on by a friend on Instagram and it gave me so much to ponder and think about.

Minimalism isn’t all that great. Sometimes. This podcast is realistic. I go into a lot of pros about this lifestyle, but on this episode I discuss a con of minimalism in more detail.

We feel so compelled to measure things. There’s an almost innate urge to quantify so many things in our lives, but certain things, perhaps most things, should NOT be measured. On today’s episode I discuss the number of things I own, and if that number really actually matters.

Some may call it deprivation. I call it personal growth. There are a few surprising things that I no longer use on a regular basis. On today’s episode I discuss these things and how they’ve impacted my experience of the pandemic and the resulting lockdown.

The urge to buy bubbles up sometimes. Understanding where these urges are coming from is so important. On today’s episode I discuss recent consumption urges that I’ve felt and how I dealt with them.