315 | Expired Things
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about expired food, expired medications, expired possessions, and expired daily habits, and they answer the following questions:
How can we appropriately manage the expiration dates of everything in our lives? (00:00)
Is the expiration date listed on food the last day it can be used? (06:57)
How do I appropriately let go of perishable items that no longer serve me, especially when there was a degree of expense involved? (13:45)
What do you consider clutter? (15:21)
What can we do about expired sources of content, such as a blog with dated viewpoints, narratives, and opinions? (17:42)
How do we determine when we’ve entered a new season in life and it’s time to let go of hobbies, friendships, and dreams of past seasons? (21:41)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Minimizers, welcome to the Minimals Podcast where we discuss what it means to live |
| 0:11.8 | a meaningful life, with less. |
| 0:13.9 | My name is Joshua Filz-Milburn, and I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the Minimals. |
| 0:18.0 | So I was sifting through my kitchen cabinets last week, trying to jettison any and all |
| 0:22.6 | expired food items. |
| 0:24.7 | As I searched, I found a shocking amount of condiments, packages, and even over the |
| 0:29.6 | counter medications that have outlasted their use by date. |
| 0:34.5 | Which got me thinking, why don't we talk about this on the podcast? |
| 0:38.9 | So on today's episode, we're going to talk about expired things, things like expired |
| 0:43.9 | food and expired material possessions and expired daily habits. |
| 0:49.3 | Then this Thursday on the Minimals Private Podcast, Ryan and I are going to take it beyond |
| 0:54.4 | the home and talk about expired careers, expired obligations, expired hometowns, and |
| 1:01.1 | even expired relationships. |
| 1:03.7 | You can check that out at patreon.com slash the Minimists. |
| 1:08.5 | Your support keeps our podcast and YouTube channel 100% advertisement free, because advertisement |
| 1:15.7 | suck. |
| 1:16.7 | Our first question today is from Kendra on Facebook. |
| 1:20.7 | I keep a whiteboard on my fridge to jot down the expiration dates of food. |
| 1:25.4 | How can we systematically check the expiration dates of other parts of our lives? |
| 1:29.7 | I thought this was a great question to start with, Ryan. |
| 1:33.0 | So we're talking about expiration. |
| 1:35.3 | That's what got me looking into this. |
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