Source: http://www.theminimalists.com/009/

By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus discuss the “next steps” after removing the clutter, and they answer the following questions:

What activities did you cut out when you adopted minimalism?
Do you ever reach a plateau when getting rid of your stuff?
How do you store paper documents as a minimalist?
When does minimalism go too far?
What’s next after everything is decluttered?

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Mentioned in This Episode

Book: Essential
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: How to Be Alive
Book: Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
Book: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Book: SuperBetter
Contribution: Habitat for Humanity
Essay: A Day in the Life of a Minimalist
Essay: Day 15 | Finances
Essay: Financial Freedom
Essay: First Thing in the Morning
Essay: Getting Rid of Just-In-Case Items
Essay: Killing Internet
Essay: Let’s Play a Minimalism Game
Essay: Offbeat
Essay: Packing Party
Essay: Photo-Scanning Party
Essay: Retirement Planning
Event: How to Write Better
Event: Tuesdays with The Minimalists
Recommendation: How to Be Alive
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Source: http://greatist.com/move/cardio-yoga-workout?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

When your days are packed with work deadlines, dinners, and, let’s be honest, Netflix and chilling, squeezing in a full-on yoga session sounds dreamy—yet impossible. But no matter how busy we are, we all have 30 minutes to spare, right?

Simply cue up this short video led by Grokker certified yoga instructor Beth Stuart. The invigorating vinyasa flow incorporates cardio, strength, and interval training, so you’ll get your sweat and your stretch on in less time than it takes to watch The Bachelor. Grab a towel (you will sweat), make your way to the mat, and press play.

Interested in more short and effective home workouts? Find thousands more on Grokker, the one-stop online resource for wellness. Grokker sifts through thousands of videos on the web, constantly filtering and aggregating the best cooking, yoga, and fitness videos available so you don’t have to.

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Source: http://greatist.com/live/if-men-used-tampons?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

Most tampon commercials show carefree women frolicking on the beach or twirling in a field like Maria in The Sound of Music (you can do anything on your period!). They talk about superior levels of absorption, but avoid saying the words vagina, blood, or menstruation. If men needed to use tampons, you can bet they’d be marketed very differently, as this hilarious commercial parody shows. The ad jokes that manpons (yes, that’s male tampons) give you super-charged performance on your period, thanks to a formula designed by NASA scientists.

But the video isn’t just for laughs. At the end is a call to action to help the more than one billion women worldwide who don’t have access to a toilet on their period.

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Source: http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2016/02/19/ice-free-track-dukes-grocery/

Friends – I finally made it back to the track yesterday! Hooray for no ice, snow, slush, freezing rain, etc! It was quite cold (low 30’s with windchill in the upper 20’s), but nothing crazy, and the sun was even out by the time we finished up at 7:30.

We had a great workout – the coaches had us do the following:

1200 (3 laps)
rest a few minutes (jog or walk)
800 (2 laps)
rest a few minutes
400 (1 lap)
rest a few minutes
repeat!

We started the 1200’s around a 10k pace and then were supposed to end around a 5k pace or faster for the 400. A couple people did 3 rounds of this – me and most of the others did it twice, which came to 3 miles. My watch only includes the actual workout – not the warm up and cool down I did or the jogging in between sets (about another 2 miles total).

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Source: http://greatist.com/live/fake-it-til-you-make-it-video?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

Fake it ’til you make it isn’t the best advice if you’re a surgeon, but it can be worth following when it comes to our social lives. Cristen from Stuff Mom Never Told You reads an empowering letter from a fan who was born with a facial anomaly. We’re so inspired by this woman, who goes out and has a great time with her friends, despite her own anxieties and the fact that people always stare. It’s a great reminder that confidence isn’t about having everything 100 percent figured out. It’s about being brave enough to ignore some of your worries and get out there to live the life you deserve.

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Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/02/weekend-reading-three-books-about-eating-1-first-bite/

You might think that eating is one of those things that comes naturally, but for the next three weeks I’m going to be posting books telling us how.  Here’s the first:

Bee Wilson.  First Bite: How We Learn to Eat. Basic Books, 2015.

Bee Wilson speaks from experience.  She once was a picky eater bordering on having an eating disorder.  Simply eating when hungry and stopping when full is a challenge for many of us.  Wilson explores how food preferences are acquired or made and how culture and environment turn biological needs into obesity-promoting hazards.  Her advice boils down to aphorisms, for example:

No one is too busy to cook.
Eat soup.
Rethink what counts as a main course.
Regular exercise definitely helps.
If you want your children to eat better, don’t tell them what to do: eat better yourself.
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Source: http://greatist.com/live/states-people-sleep-most?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

New York may be the city that never sleeps, but at the state level, Hawaiians get the least amount of shut-eye. (South Dakotans sleep the most for those keeping track at home.) This data comes from a recent CDC report, which found one in three Americans isn’t getting the recommended seven hours of sleep per night. In Hawaii, it’s nearly one in two.

The data looks at the percentage of people in each state that clock seven hours of zzzs, so we don’t know how many hours of shut-eye Californians or Floridians get on average. To see where your state falls in the rankings, check out the graphic below—the darker, the more sleep. And click the button below to see the listing from one to 50.

Photo: Dom Smith/STAT

See the Full List

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Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/19/467266572/oh-nuts-u-s-pistachio-growers-worry-about-competition-from-iran?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

A ranch manager holds pistachios at a farm in Madera, Calif. The lifting of sanctions on Iran has California growers worried that Iranian pistachios will flood the U.S. market.

Justin Kase Conder/AP

Last year was a terrible season for the American pistachio industry. Warm temperatures and the lack of water resulted in a loss of almost half the crop, and profits were down by around $1.4 billion from 2014. This year, the industry is hoping to recover, but growers across the country may face a different issue: competition stemming from the lifting of sanctions against Iran.

Iran is historically known for its pistachios. They’re one of the country’s main non-oil exports, sold in large quantities to places like China. Until about 30 years ago, a large amount of the pistachios sold in the U.S. were from Iran.

The American pistachio industry di…

Source: http://summertomato.com/for-the-love-of-food-picky-eating-is-unhealthy-a-big-win-for-organic-meat-and-why-you-should-eat-more-collagen/

For the Love of Food

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. 

This week picky eating is unhealthy, a big win for organic meat, and why you should eat more collagen.

Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app I just discovered to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!

Want to see all my favorite links? (There’s lots more). Be sure to follow me on Delicious. I also share links on Twitter @summertomato and the Summer Tomato Facebook page. I’m very active on all these sites and would love to connect with you.

Links of the week

Andrew Zimmern Explains How to Acquire a Taste <<I’ve talked about picky eating a lot, but I’ve always pulled my punches on how dangerous I think it is. Thank you Andrew Zimmern for telling it like it is. (Motto)
10 Reasons to Eat More Collagen <<Here’s some of the nutritional reasons to back up what Andrew is talking about. Eat your organ meats, kiddos. (Mark’s Daily Apple)
Scientists can’t agree whether salt is killing us. Here’s why. <<Looks like scientists are about as mature as politicians and middle school students. Ugh. (Washington Post)
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Source: http://www.sonima.com/food/miso-broccoli-soup/

There is a pall to winter, a stillness, a quietness that settles and draws us in, closer to whatever interior life we are cultivating. We try to make that life good, enriching, nourishing. We try to keep ourselves warm in body, in mind, and in spirit. And, of course, we seek foods that are warming and equally restorative. At the same time, though, I find myself craving brightness in winter. I cannot live without light.ShareTweetPlusPin

This miso broccoli soup brings the brightness of summer into the winter kitchen with a warm, nourishing bowl of blended winter vegetables and a spicy-crunchy nut and seed topping. Miso and toasted sesame oil round out an Eastern flavor profile, making this soup especially delicious served over steaming rice.
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Let that winter light in.

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