299 | Minimizers

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan talk about “summer simplifying,” and they answer the following questions:

Which moniker won in your audience poll—“simpletons” or “minimizers”? (00:00)

Where do you start when your entire home needs decluttering? (06:04)

What is the most important thing to do to get started? (10:04)

How do we get our children to participate in decluttering? (13:27)

How do I break my emotional and sentimental attachment to my collection of books, and how do I appropriately curate my collection and recycle the books I don’t keep? (14:07)

What is the Enneagram? (22:19)

What do we do with items that have a sentimental attachment? (25:51)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by...
0:03.1	Nobody.
0:04.0	Because advertisements suck.
0:06.8	It's focused on backwards.
0:09.1	Hmm.
0:19.8	Every little thing, you think that's me.
0:24.4	Every little thing, you think that's me.
0:28.4	Every little thing that's just feeding your greed.
0:32.9	Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it.
0:37.4	Hello, everybody.
0:38.2	Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast.
0:39.9	We'll rediscover what it means to live a meaningful life with less.
0:43.4	My name is Joshua Fields-Milburn.
0:45.0	And I'm Ryan Nicodemus.
0:46.3	And together we are the minimalist.
0:47.8	Instead of spring cleaning, let's do some summer simplifying, Ryan.
0:53.0	Hmm. Today on the eve of our 300th public episode.
0:59.0	Oh, wow.
1:00.0	We're going to tackle your decluttering and minimalism questions.
1:03.3	Now first, Ryan, I have to start with, I was wrong.
1:06.8	Really?
1:07.3	But then I was wrong about being wrong.
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