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The Effective Minimalist

Edward Bilodeau

The Effective Minimalist is a podcast on working towards and living a good life. In each episode, I share my experiences, questions and ideas as I try to apply the concepts and approaches of...

Episodes

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Update

I ended up taking some time off during the holidays, but will be getting back into the swing of things tomorrow. Expect a new episode of the...

Jan 2, 2017
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Podcast 018 - The Value of News

In this episode I clarify a point I raised last episode about reducing the scope of my work, and mostly talk about news and some of the refl...

Dec 18, 2016

Podcast 017 - Plateau

In this episode I share some of the challenges I've been having with minimalism and how I've been feeling that my efforts at both minimalism...

Dec 12, 2016

Podcast 016 - Return

An update on what I've been up to, and why it has been so long since I put out an episode.

Oct 23, 2016

Apologies... and an update!

I wanted to let everyone know that I have NOT given up on this podcast! :) Why the delay for a new episode? The short answer is that I had e...

Oct 2, 2016
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Podcast 015 - My ideal week

In this episode I share my ideas about how I plan on organizing my work so that I can stay focused on my priorities and ensure that I have e...

Jul 30, 2016

Podcast 014 - Starting over

After roughly a month hiatus, I decided it was time to put out a new if short episode to give an update on the reason for my absence and to...

Jun 30, 2016

Podcast 013 - Update

In this episode I share a few updates about work, explain why there was no episode last week, and explore some of the insights I've had abou...

May 29, 2016

Podcast 011 - Purpose

In this episode I talk about purpose, about how having a sense of purpose relates to minimalism. I share some of what I've been going throug...

May 8, 2016

Podcast 010 - Am I part of the problem?

In this episode I talk about how although we likely see each ourselves as part of the solution, each one of us might in fact be part of the...

May 1, 2016

Podcast 009 - Pushback

In this episode I continue the discussion on minimalism at work, focusing on the pushback that you are likely to get when you try to adopt a...

Apr 24, 2016

Podcast 008 - Minimalism and privilege

In this episode I take a step back and share some of the issues and questions that have come up as I've been reviewing the past few episodes...

Apr 17, 2016

Podcast 007 - Commitments

In this episode I talk about taking a minimalist approach to my commitments, to "declutter" the things I've currently committed to and to ma...

Apr 11, 2016

Podcast 006 - Overhead

In this episode I talk about using minimalism to reduce the amount of time and energy I spend on so-called overhead activities at work, so t...

Apr 4, 2016

Podcast 005 - Tools

In this episode I discuss how I’m applying the concepts and approaches of minimalism to improve my efficiency and effectiveness with the var...

Mar 28, 2016

Podcast 004 - News feeds

In this episode I wrap up my overview of the tools I use at work and describe how I currently use Feedly (news reader), Instapaper (reading)...

Mar 21, 2016

Podcast 003 - Email and tasks

In this episode I give an overview of how I currently handle my email and keep track of all the things I need to do. I also talk about a few...

Mar 14, 2016

Podcast 002 - Origins

In this episode I talk about the events and situations, both at home and at work, that led me to adopting a minimalist approach to life. Men...

Mar 7, 2016

Podcast 001 - Introduction

In this episode I introduce myself and more importantly the ideas that I have for the Effective Minimalist podcast. ⁂ Music: Close Tracking...

Feb 29, 2016