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Missoula-based ‘Minimalists’ Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus – ‘Our memories aren’t in our things’: A movie explains why having less stuff makes you happier

May 25, 2016 /

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We’re hard-wired to hoard resources. That way, when the famine comes, we won’t starve — or so our inner caveman tells us. But in modern-day America, when so many people have so much stuff, how beneficial is a deeply ingrained urge to accumulate?

Then there are the popular online personalities the Minimalists http://www.theminimalists.com/ , two guys in their mid-30s who got rid of everything society told them they were supposed to want. (Well, except for the hair dryer and the snowboarding equipment.)

In 2010, childhood friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus started a blog devoted to disburdening. It now gets about 5 million readers a year, and the guys have diversified, launching a podcast and filming the recently released movie "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things."

By Stephanie Merry

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05/25/our-memories-arent-in-our-things-a-movie-explains-why-having-less-stuff-makes-you-happier/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_minimalist-721a-stream%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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