301 | Computer Clutter
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about all the digital clutter on our computers, phones, tablets, and other devices taking up space on our hard drives and in our minds, and they answer the following questions:
What are the benefits of not having digital clutter taking up space in your mind? (00:00)
What is the Diderot effect? (04:48)
What do you define as ‘digital clutter’? (10:41)
Where do we start in addressing digital clutter to ensure we stay focused and motivated and not get overwhelmed with all of it? (13:31)
As an avid gamer, how do I ensure I don’t let my enthusiasm and passion for gaming turn into clutter with all of the games and consoles available, and how do I ensure it doesn’t consume me to the detriment of my relationships? (21:00)
How about a basic overview of how to manage it all: emails, documents, photos? (30:18)
How can overwhelm actually help us? (33:17)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by... |
| 0:03.4 | Nobody. |
| 0:04.3 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:06.9 | It's focused on backwards. |
| 0:08.9 | Hmm. |
| 0:09.4 | Hmm. |
| 0:09.9 | чисters collection |
| 0:32.2 | Hey trousers. |
| 0:38.5 | to the Minimalist Podcast or Rediscuss what it means to live a meaningful life with |
| 0:42.5 | less. My name is Joshua Fields-Milvern and I'm Ryan Nicodemus and together we are the |
| 0:46.5 | Minimalists. So you've started decluttering your physical clutter. Congratulations. It's |
| 0:52.4 | time to move on. Now what about all that digital clutter on your computer, your phone, |
| 0:56.8 | your tablet and other devices? Is it taking up space on your hard drive? Is it also taking |
| 1:03.4 | up space in the back of your mind? What's we're talking about today? We're talking about |
| 1:08.1 | computer clutter, digital clutter, all of that electronic clutter that is burdening you |
| 1:13.3 | in your life. We're broadcasting in from our first ever studio audience today. We're |
| 1:19.1 | going to talk about them a little bit later in the episode during our right here right |
| 1:25.3 | now segment. We have Danny and Mallory and Emma here and of course podcast Sean and |
| 1:30.6 | Jordan Nomore are all here. I think we have to determine nicknames for each person today |
| 1:35.5 | or maybe they can let us know in the comments on YouTube. We'll save that for right here |
| 1:40.2 | right now. But first Ryan, I have this question from Lonnie where she said, what are the benefits |
| 1:46.0 | of not having digital clutter taking up space in the back of your mind? That question came |
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