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The Minimalists

473 | Spartanism

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

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists talk about the opposite of hoarding.

Discussed in this episode: 

What happens when you take downsizing too far? (2:05)

How do you stop yourself from minimizing excessively? (24:05)

The Minimalists’ birthday + we were featured on Jeopardy! (36:17)

Listener tip: One of the most helpful minimalist tools. (41:35)

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

Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast

Recorded at Earthing Studios.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Every little thing that you think that you think that you need.

0:24.8

Every little thing you think that you need.

0:29.5

Every little thing that's just feeding your greed.

0:33.9

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

0:44.4

You're listening to The Minimalist Podcast with Joshua Fields Milburn and T.K. Coleman, recorded live at Irthing Studios in Sunny, California.

0:47.5

Yes, thank you, Alabama.

0:49.2

Hello, everybody.

0:50.6

Today on the show, we're talking about the opposite of hoarding.

0:53.9

It's something called

0:54.5

Spartanism. Coming up on this free public minimal episode, a caller has a question about what

0:59.4

happens when you take downsizing too far. And then we've got a lightning round question about

1:04.4

how you can stop yourself from minimizing excessively. That's followed by our right here,

1:10.7

right now segment and a listener tip.

1:12.7

You can check out the maximal edition of episode 473.

1:16.6

That's the full two-hour episode where we answer three times as many questions and we dive

1:21.7

deep into several simple living segments.

1:24.1

That private podcast is out right now on Patreon.

1:26.8

You can find the link in the description.

1:28.9

When you subscribe, you'll receive a personal private feed so that our weekly maximal episodes

1:33.5

play in your favorite podcast app. Plus, you'll gain access to all of our podcast archives.

1:38.7

That's nearly 10 years of archives. Big thanks to our patrons, by the way. Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement free because sing along at home, y'all.

1:50.7

Advertisements suck.

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