Podcast 471 | Holiday Anxiety

The Minimalists dive deep into the anxiety that often accompanies the holiday shopping season.

How can I stop people from buying unnecessary Christmas gifts that clutter our home?
What fills your holiday season with anxiety and what do you do to minimize holiday clutter?
Listener tip: A helpful script for opting out of gift-giving during the holiday season.
Gift-Wrapping Break: Malabama’s favorite Christmas song.
What is the best gift to buy for a minimalist?
When does holiday participation morph into holiday consumerism?
Why are we afraid of facing the internal clutter that is hiding beneath the physical clutter?
How do we enjoy this heavily commodified holiday without contributing to landfills?
What are the benefits of being willing to walk away from anything?
More About Less: Consumption Season.
What is T.K.’s favorite Christmas song?

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

If it gets in the way of the holidays, it’s holiday clutter.
Clarity, boundaries, and grace clear the way for a clutter-free holiday.
We went from celebrating Christmas to surviving the holidays the moment the holiday season became the holiday shopping season.
Gift-giving is a love language the same way Pig Latin is a Romance language.
Forced participation is the gateway to resentment.
Our material possessions are a physical manifestation of our internal lives.
Opting out of consumerism is the best way to opt-in to celebration.