Becoming Minimalist With Joshua Becker and "But Wait, There’s More!"
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Interview with Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com
We had an amazing interview with, Joshua. He shared so much information with us!  He is truely an inspiration and has fantastic advice on how to simplify and get more out of your life by living with less.  Here is a list of questions we asked Joshua (believe us...you definitely want to listen to the podcast!):
1. So, Joshua...who are you and how do you make people's lives simpler?
2. Could you tell us about the "catalyst" that helped you decide to become minimalist and if there were any other factors or events leading up to your decisions?
3. Tell us about how you approached your wife about your idea to pursue minimalism...her reaction...and your collective decision to move forward. Was there any “pushback?”
4. Can you describe how long it took you to get to a point where you called yourself a 'minimalist'? Can you explain the process?
5. How do you define or explain minimalism?  What does it physically look like to you...how does it feel?
6. Does minimalism for you also include letting go of mental and digital clutter? Bad relationships, overcommitment? Do you have any recommendations for doing that?
7. In your book Inside-Out Simplicity you talk about healthy relationships. I know from personal and professional experience that it’s usually easier when couples are on the same sheet of music, but what advice would you give if couples have different ideas of what simplifying is?
8. In Living With Less: An Unexpected Key to Happiness (Simply for Students) you tell a story about your son and his birthday money. I think every parent has experienced that at some point. Could you describe that experience and give some advice to those of us with kids about how to deal with the constant consumer pitch of "more, more, more" and "bigger is better" from every aspect of the media?
9. In your book Simplify, you say that living simply is "the real secret to financial freedom." How have you found that to be true in your journey and do you have any financial pointers for us?
10. If someone asked what the benefits are to a lifestyle like yours, what would you tell them?
11. How can people learn more about you?
12. Is there anything else you'd like to add?

Dan's Topic: "But Wait, There's More!" The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
Alright, so this past week I was in Las Vegas for the 2013 New Media Expo and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and I thought I'd  discuss some of my experiences there. So, I'll let the irony of that sink in for a moment…a guy trying desperately to fight consumerism and simplify his life…at the CONSUMER electronics show...the LARGEST Consumer Electronics Show in history with over 100K people in attendance.  Yeah...trust me...the irony wasn't lost on me either! I was actually there on business because I help my clients with tech for their businesses and even some individuals who just want tech coaching.
So, first off, I walked the show with a couple of friends from morning until dinner time and let me just say that the show was pretty amazing!  It would be impossible to cover everything but I thought I would summarize my experience including the good, the ridiculous and some thoughts I had on the whole experience:
- We walked 9 miles, and still didn't see it all. If I had to guess, I'd say we saw maybe half, if that. Other folks tracked in over 15miles!  That's a lot of consumer products!
- Companies from every country on the globe were there selling their wares. All the new lines of gadgets and even super hi-tech robots.
- Joshua eluded to the fact that we are bombarded with about 5000 advertisements a day.  Well...think of the CES as that on steroids…like full blast, no holds barred, in your face, just a crazy consumerism extravaganza....