353 | Quitting Minimalism

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists are joined by comedian Jamie Kilstein to talk about quitting minimalism, saying “no” to birthday gifts, and more. Listen to all three hours of episode 353 on The Minimalists Private Podcast: patreon.com/theminimalists

Discussed in this episode:

What is your perspective regarding people quitting minimalism? (01:50)

Why do we often blame our problems on everything but ourselves? (05:53)

What is “new-convert syndrome”? (10:31)

How do we tactfully refuse gifts? (12:33)

What are T.K.’s three options regarding gifts? (16:02)

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0:00.0	This forecast has bad words.
0:20.0	Every little thing you think that you need.
0:24.0	Every little thing you think that you need.
0:29.0	Every little thing that you're feeding your greed.
0:33.0	Oh, I bet that you'll be fine without it.
0:38.0	Hello, everybody.
0:39.0	Welcome to the Minimalist Podcast.
0:40.0	We discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less.
0:43.0	My name is Joshua Fields, Millburn.
0:45.0	Ryan Nicodemus is on vacation this week.
0:48.0	But don't worry, we're here with Malabama, and T.K. Coleman,
0:52.0	and the rest of our team.
0:53.0	Coming up today on this free public a minimal episode.
0:56.0	We're joined by a very funny man.
0:59.0	The comedian, Jamie Kielstein, is here.
1:01.0	We're talking to a listener about quitting minimalism.
1:04.0	We also have an outstanding lightning round question about letting go of birthday gifts.
1:09.0	We have a wonderful listener tip and added value segment for you.
1:12.0	But you can check out the full two-hour maximal edition of episode 353,
1:17.0	where we answer four times the questions and we dive deep into seven simple living segments.
1:23.0	We also have Jamie apologized to all of his ex-girlfriends,
1:28.0	but especially one in particular.
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