296 | Use Things
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about healing our relationships with stuff, truth, self, values, money, creativity, and people with podcaster and Director of Entrepreneurial Education for FEE, T.K. Coleman, and they answer the following questions:
What gave you the inspiration for Love People, Use Things? (00:00)
Do we learn more from those that have been redeemed, or from those that have led “perfect” lives? (08:51)
How did the line blur so much between private lives and public lives? (10:31)
How do I reconcile with my minimalist values when I must trash items I no longer use that can’t be donated, recycled, or upcycled? (13:48)
What is the true cost of things? (14:43)
How do I justify to my minimalist self that it’s okay to have numerous accoutrements for several hobbies that bring me joy? (21:00)
What separates minimalism from dogmatism? (23:57)
How do I rejuvenate my creativity when I’m overwhelmed by burnout? (36:04)
How do we avoid falling into maintenance mode as creatives? (40:31)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by... |
| 0:02.8 | Nobody. |
| 0:03.7 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:06.6 | Da Minimalists. |
| 0:08.3 | arian. |
| 0:32.8 | that you'll be fine without it. |
| 0:36.7 | Hello everybody, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast |
| 0:38.9 | where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life |
| 0:41.2 | with less, my name is Joshua Fields-Milburn. |
| 0:43.9 | And I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the minimalist. |
| 0:46.8 | Today we're gonna talk about healing your relationship |
| 0:49.6 | with stuff, your relationship with the truth, |
| 0:53.4 | your relationship with yourself, your relationship |
| 0:55.4 | with your values and your money and your creativity, |
| 0:58.0 | and of course your relationships with people. |
| 1:00.6 | Why? Because today is the day, Ryan, finally. |
| 1:05.6 | Love people use things. |
| 1:07.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:08.4 | There's bookshelves and library shelves. |
| 1:10.8 | Is this our first hardcover? |
| 1:12.9 | Well, in America it is. |
| 1:14.3 | We've got a lot of hardcover's overseas. |
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