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The Minimalists are Emmy-nominated Netflix stars and New York Times–bestselling authors Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. Alongside their podcast cohost, T.K. Coleman, this simple-living trio helps millions of people eliminate clutter and live meaningfully with less. Learn More.

In Too Deep

It’s easy to believe Earth turns slowly on its axis: it’s always there, and we’re a part of it, deep in the middle of its rotation.

Consumerism is similar: it’s all around us, everywhere we turn, seemingly unstoppable—Hell’s self-consuming flame.

But Earth doesn’t turn slowly: it’s spinning at over a thousand miles an hour. This became easy for us to understand once we stepped back and paid attention, once we became aware of our surroundings.

Similarly, we needn’t look at all this mass-consumption and over-indulgence and believe it’s normal—it’s not.

Things haven’t always been this way—this chaotic, this meaningless—and the future needn’t be, either. A sunrise is on the horizon, and we can see it once we open our eyes, become aware of what’s important, and realize we’re in too deep.