Welcome to the eighth day minimalism challenge. I'm really excited to go through this challenge with all of you. I'm currently outside and it's basically zero degrees Celsius. It was snowing yesterday. But still, here I am with my only piece of clothing to wear. I'm a minimalist now.

So I only have this one t shirt in my wardrobe. This challenge consists on only picking one thing to wear for the rest of the year. And I chose this neutral shirt because you know, I'm a minimalist. Seriously. I've been really intrigued about this concept of minimalism. Since I read the book, The Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.

After reading the book, I threw a lot of things away and I also gave a lot of things to charity too, and I can guarantee you that minimalism has nothing to do with only having three t shirts while leaving in a tent. And since I read that book, I've been really cautious About two things that I'm bringing home. But still, I've been letting a few things accumulate in my room in my house. So I decided to create this challenge to keep myself accountable and still having the pleasure to share these challenge with all of you. If I am not consciously deciding which things to bring home, which things to keep, or which things to throw away, my room turns into a very complicated mess. I keep receipts, random pieces of paper, clothes that I don't wear clothes that don't even look good on me clothes that don't fit and electronics that I will never use again, because sometimes they don't work.

But still, for some reason or another. We keep those items in our homes occupying physical space. I'm all about being productive and working with no distractions and I realize that distractions is not only about checking Instagram, why Working distractions are everything that is keeping you away from reaching any of your goals. And one of my goals is to have a simpler life, a life that is full of meaning and not meaningless crap, meaningless objects, meaningless clothes, meaningless decisions, meaningless work, meaningless experience, I really want to get rid of those. And so this reflection made me create this challenge for myself as a way of only keeping the things I really, really love. I've been reading, learning in trying minimalism in essentialism, and I'm really sure that's the lifestyle I want to implement in my life.

And being a minimalist is not about only having 20 items max while constantly thinking of throwing away one more item. It is just about keeping the most important things with you. Because let's face it, we all have dozens or hundreds of things that we don't use. That we don't need. They are just they're occupying physical and mental space but not adding anything to our lives. And so minimalism is about avoiding or eliminating all of those things that are not adding any value to your life.

And so this means getting rid of a bunch of items. But it also means thinking more deeply about relationships, because you might have some relationships that really give you energy and make you feel good, but you might have others that are really draining you. And you should think a little bit more about those relationships. minimalism also means saying no to more things, because the pressure to say yes to every shiny opportunity exists, but we can't fall into the trap of accepting every request because all the projects you say yes to are keeping you away from your most important work. So today, I want to start this challenge. I'll be challenging myself to only keep the things I really love and that are adding value to my life.

So for the next eight days, I'll be challenging us to keep a more simpler and meaningful life. And remember, you don't need to be living in a van to become a minimalist. You can watch all videos in a row and write the challenges down, or you can watch a video every day. I really, really hope you benefit from this challenge. So let's do it.