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24 alternatives to Optimal Living Daily - The Minimalists

The Minimalists' Ryan Nicodemus on his jump into minimalism

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Optimal Living Daily - The Minimalists launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Optimal Living Daily - The Minimalists▲58
Narrating posts from TheMinimalists.com for you
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - The Minimalists▲54
Ryan of The Minimalists reads his blog post to you
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
The Minimalists - How can you gradually declutter your life?▲75
Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus answers
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - The Minimalists on Fame▲54
The Minimalists' Joshua talks about the right kind of fame
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
The Joy of Less▲67
A minimalist guide to declutter, organize, and simplify
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - Ryan Hoover▲63
Narrating two posts from Product Hunt's founder
2016 · oldpodcast.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - Derek Sivers▲55
Narrating posts from Sivers.org
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Intentionally Wandering - 3 Lessons Learned from Minimalism with Special Guest, My Wife▲54
3 Lessons Learned from Minimalism
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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The Minimalist Entrepreneur Skills▲95
Book playbook as Claude Code slash skills
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com▲58
Reading you the best blogs so you don't have to!
2016 · optimallivingdaily.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily: Derek Sivers▲54
Narrating personal development blogs for you
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Made an app to help you achieve a minimalistic life :)▲6
2012 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss▲62
A conversation/debate/trading of ideas
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
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becoming minimalist▲6
find more life by owning less stuff
2015 · becomingminimalist.com · its alternatives →
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The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166
(and how to build them)
2016 · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - David Cain of Raptitude.com▲62
Narrating personal development blogs for you
2016 · oldpodcast.com · its alternatives →
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Inspiring Entrepreneurs to Start and Finish - Joshua Becker▲59
How Joshua Becker found minimalism
2016 · media.zencast.fm · its alternatives →
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Building USoC Part 1: The Wishbone Bus▲6
Radical Minimalism Built from Scratch
Aug 2026 · axiomfactory.co · its alternatives →
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MinimaList▲248
Task, reminder & to-do list
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - Derek Sivers▲65
Narrating Sivers.org for you
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - MarcAndAngel.com▲56
Narrating blogs for you
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Essentialism▲77
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
2017 · gregmckeown.com · its alternatives →
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Simple Workout Log▲66
The best minimalist workout tracker available
20d ago · simpleworkoutlog.app · its alternatives →
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Becoming Superhuman: David Heinemeier Hansson▲125
An interview with a real-world superlearner
2016 · becomingasuperhuman.com · its alternatives →

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