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How My 30-Day Minimalism Challenge Helped me Overcome my Depression, Take Control, and Find Freedom
I know I’m not the only one who sat up and took note when Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus’ film, Minimalism: A Documentary first hit Netflix.
What made this film stand out from the countless hours of content available was this:
It said it was a documentary about the important things, and at the time, I had no idea what those were.
I was battling the worst bout of depression I’d ever experienced.
It was the kind of depression that leaves you bed bound for days simply because you don’t have the energy to get up and act on those dark, terrifying thoughts.
It was the kind of depression that leaves you hiding under the covers, only emerging to grab a piece of chocolate tell Netflix that yes, you are still watching the same sitcom you’ve been binging for two days straight.
I was convinced that nothing mattered, that nothing was important.
Yet if this documentary was going to tell me that some things were important, I was at least willing to listen.
So I did, and I started to change.
