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The Minimalists

439 | Restraint

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

4.711.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists talk about the benefits of restraint, the struggles of consumerism for new minimalists, the difficulties of letting go of social media, and more.

Discussed in this episode:

How do I declutter my online-shopping addiction? (1:56)

What factors contributed to The Minimalists leaving social media? (31:04)

Why was I still clinging to my living daughter’s suicide note? (45:04)

Listen to the full Maximal episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Every little thing you think that you need every little thing you think that you need every little thing

0:27.0

that you need every little thing that's just feeding your greed oh I bet that you're feeding your greed.

0:32.6

Oh, I bet that you'll be fine without it.

0:37.0

You're listening to the minimalist podcast

0:40.0

with Joshua Fields Milburn and T.K. Coleman.

0:42.6

Thank you, Malabama.

0:43.8

Hello, everybody.

0:45.1

Today on the show, we're talking about the benefits of restraint.

0:49.6

That's why we're all wearing handcuffs on this episode.

0:52.0

We most definitely are not.

0:54.0

Coming up on this free public minimal episode,

0:57.6

a caller has a question about the one area of consumerism

1:01.1

that she still struggles with even after embracing minimalism.

1:06.0

And then we've got a lightning round question about the difficulties of letting go of social

1:11.1

media, followed by our right here here right now segment and a listener tip

1:15.3

for you you can check out the full maximal edition of episode 439 that's the

1:21.5

full episode where we answer five times the questions and we dive deep into several simple

1:26.5

living segments.

1:27.7

That private podcast episode is out right now at Patreon.com slash The Minimalists. Your com slash the minimalist.

1:33.4

Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement free because say it with me y'all.

1:39.8

Advertisments suck.

1:41.8

Let's start with our callers.

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