Meet The Minimalists during the Everything That Remains Tour
Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff for 2 million readers. They live in Montana by way of Dayton, Ohio. As featured on: CBS, ABC, NPR, USA Today, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and Toronto Star.
ABOUT JOSHUA & RYAN
About The Minimalists
It all started with a lingering discontent in our lives. A few years ago, as we approached age 30, we had achieved everything that was supposed to make us happy: we had great six-figure jobs, nice cars, big houses with more bedrooms than inhabitants, pointless masses of toys, and scads of superfluous stuff.
And yet with all that stuff, we weren’t satisfied with our lives. We weren’t happy. There was a gaping void. We discovered that working 70-80 hours a week for a corporation and buying even more stuff didn’t fill the void. In fact, it only brought us more debt and stress and anxiety and fear and loneliness and guilt and overwhelm and depression.
What’s worse, we found out we didn’t have control of our time and thus didn’t control our own lives. So in 2010 we took back control using the principles ofminimalism to focus on what’s important. (Read about our 21-day journey into minimalism.)
In 2011, we left our corporate careers age 30 to become full-time authors and speakers. After publishing our bestselling book, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life, we embarked on an international book tour and eventually began contributing to people through our online writing classes and private mentoring sessions. The topics about which we write and speak cover a wide array, from simple living and pursuing your passion, to writing, publishing, entrepreneurship health, relationships, personal growth, and contribution.
We’ve been fortunate enough to establish an online audience of more than 2 million annual readers and have been featured all over the media. We have spoken at Harvard Business School and several large conferences (SXSW, TEDx, World Domination Summit), as well as many smaller venues, including churches, colleges, corporate groups, libraries, soup kitchens, and various non-profit organizations.
Toward the end of 2012, we moved from our hometown, Dayton, Ohio, to a cabin in Montana as a four-month experiment, followed by a move to beautiful Missoula in 2013, where we cofounded Asymmetrical Press, a publishing house for the indie at heart.
In 2014 we will publish a new book, Everything That Remains, and are currently on a 100-city Everything That Remains Tour 2014.
In 2015 we will release our first feature-length film, Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things, directed by Matt D’Avella, in association with Catalyst Media, Asymmetrical, and SPYR Media.
4 comments:
Inner Peace
If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can always be cheerful... ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without alcohol,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
Then You Are Probably
The Family Dog!
Too true, Gary. As for minimalism, whenever I ask myself why I don't get rid of my house in town because I only live in three rooms, I just walk through the place, look around, and fall in love again with its beauty.
You must have someone to do the vacuuming and dusting, J.
Only once a week, Gary, and like me she's getting creaky. I have to remind her to get behind the furniture on occasion.
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