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The Minimalists

322 | Paper Clutter

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.711.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and The Minimalists’ team talk about dealing with paper clutter, including bills, mail, receipts, taxes, photos, books, pamphlets, files, contracts, letters, and other random paperwork, and they answer the following questions:

What documents are essential to keep? (02:11)

What companies do you recommend for scanning physical photos and storing them in the cloud? (06:45)

What are the most effective methods for organizing important paper documents in the office? (18:22)

What resources do you use to keep paper clutter from ever entering your homes? (22:02)

Where do I begin tackling a monster of paper clutter that threatens to eat up an inordinate amount of time? (25:19)

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0:00.0

Every little thing you think that you need

0:05.3

Every little thing you think that you need

0:16.9

Every little thing that you're feeding your greed

0:22.4

Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it

0:25.6

Hello minimizers, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast

0:29.4

podcast where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less.

0:34.1

My name is Joshua Phil's Millburn and I'm solo today.

0:39.3

I just got off the phone with Ryan and well, he has a children's cold.

0:43.8

He did lose his sense of taste and smell, but he's tested negative for COVID five

0:50.7

times in the last week or so.

0:52.7

And so he has a cold, a bad cold.

0:55.1

I don't want to get anyone sick here, but don't worry.

0:57.6

We have a studio full of people who have microphones as well.

1:02.3

I'll be asking them to butt in from time to time.

1:04.8

We have Jordan No more.

1:05.8

We have podcast Sean.

1:07.0

We have Danny unknown.

1:08.4

And of course we have Malibami here.

1:09.9

She's reading your questions.

1:12.8

Now we all know how troublesome material clutter can be.

1:17.0

But what about paper clutter, bills, mail, receipts, taxes, photos, books, pamphlets,

1:24.2

files, contracts, letters and other random paperwork?

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