337 | Generational Junk
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists discuss what to do with family heirlooms and “generational junk,” and they answer the following questions:
How do we tactfully tell our relatives we don’t want their “generational junk”? (09:17)
How do I help my parents minimize their hoard to live more simply when they’re resistant to do so? (14:10)
How do we support our family members without accepting their donations of their possessions? (26:35)
How do I appropriately rehome a family heirloom that is a historical artifact? (31:44)
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| 0:00.0 | every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:13.2 | every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:17.7 | every little thing that's just feeding your greed |
| 0:22.6 | oh i bet that you'll be fine without it |
| 0:26.1 | Hello everybody, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast, where Redis Kauswata means to live |
| 0:31.2 | a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:33.3 | My name is Joshua Philz-Milburn, and I'm Ryan Nick Damus, and together we are the Minimalists! |
| 0:37.3 | Have you ever owned an item that you wanted to declutter, but you held on to it because |
| 0:42.1 | you might want to pass it on to a relative in the future? |
| 0:46.3 | Or has anyone in your family ever passed down a supposed heirloom to you that you didn't |
| 0:53.6 | want? |
| 0:54.6 | Today on the public episode of the Minimalist Podcast, we're talking about generational |
| 0:59.8 | junk. |
| 1:01.5 | Why we end up with so much stuff from other people, where it comes from, and what to do about |
| 1:06.5 | it. |
| 1:07.5 | Then this Thursday on the Minimalist Private Podcast, Ryan and I are going to discuss a new |
| 1:12.1 | concept that we're calling Monday Minimalism, and we'll look at 20 different ways to start |
| 1:19.1 | decluttering today. |
| 1:21.1 | You can check that out at patreon.com slash The Minimalists. |
| 1:25.2 | Your support keeps our podcast and YouTube channel 100% advertisement free because advertisement |
| 1:33.3 | suck. |
| 1:34.5 | So, we usually start with listener questions, but this title, generational junk, we'll |
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