254 | Book Clutter
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Joshua discusses books and how to best ensure they enhance our lives, and he answers the following questions:
What is the true value of books? (04:42)
How do I determine whether to keep or purge books I own that I haven’t yet read? (06:10)
What do I do with books to which I’m attached but my partner insists I let go? (12:33)
Why do writers choose that profession? (16:10)
How do I let go of books I inherited from a loved one that have sentimental value? (21:03)
How do I start trimming my book collection? (23:22)
Why do some items have sentimental value? (24:12)
How do I break my sentimental attachments to my books? (27:46)
What is the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’? (30:21)
What is the perfect amount of books? (30:48)
What makes one book format better than the others? (34:53)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the Minimalist Podcast is brought to you by... |
| 0:03.2 | Nobody. |
| 0:04.1 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:06.5 | Don Minimists. |
| 0:30.0 | Just feeding your greed, oh I bet that you'd be fighting without it. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello, Simpletons. |
| 0:40.5 | Welcome to the Minimalist Podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | We'll rediscover what it means to live a meaningful life. |
| 0:45.0 | With less Ryan Nicodemus is on vacation. |
| 0:48.0 | So today's episode, I'm going to sneak into his apartment and get rid of everything. |
| 0:54.0 | Just kidding. |
| 0:55.0 | Today, I do want to tackle one of the most frequent minimalism conundrums that people have. |
| 1:02.0 | Man, this seems to be a problem for so many people. |
| 1:05.0 | And if you're watching this on YouTube, you can actually see that I'm surrounded by book clutter. |
| 1:11.0 | Book clutter is today's topic. |
| 1:15.0 | We're going to talk about books. |
| 1:16.0 | We'll probably talk a little bit about writing as well. |
| 1:18.0 | But I enjoy reading books. |
| 1:20.0 | I want to talk about why I enjoy reading books. |
| 1:22.0 | I want to talk about what kind of books I enjoy, how I read them. |
| 1:25.0 | It's not just physical print books like all of these books around me. |
| 1:28.0 | I have this device in my pocket where I can listen to books. |
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