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The Minimalists

486 | Hedonism

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

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists talk about why the pursuit of pleasure leads to hedonism, and they answer questions about self-indulgence, pleasure-seeking, self-gratification, self-restraint, immoderation, overindulgence, extravagance, and more.

Discussed in this episode:

What pleasures are likely to get in the way of living a meaningful life? (2:14)

What nonessentials do you overindulge in? (29:51)

Listener tip: Letting go of worries, saying no to others, and minimizing online shopping. (49:13)

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.

0:47.1

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

0:55.2

Yes, thank you, Alabama. Hello, everybody. Today we're talking about when the pursuit of pleasure turns into hedonism.

1:07.3

And we'll answer a bunch of your questions about self-indulgence and pleasure-seeking and self-gratification and self-restraintraint, in moderation, over-indulgence, extravagance, and much more.

1:11.4

Coming up on this free public minimal episode, a caller has a question about the types of pleasure that are likely to get in the way of living a meaningful life. And then we've

1:16.9

got a question about the best and worst kinds of overindulgence. That's followed by our right here,

1:22.6

right now segment and a listener tip. You can check out the maximal edition of episode 486.

1:28.6

That's the full two-hour episode where we answer three times as many questions on Patreon.

1:33.8

The link is in the description.

1:35.5

When you subscribe, you can listen to our private podcast episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

1:42.3

Plus, you'll gain access to all of our archives all the way back

1:44.9

to the very first episode. That's more than 10 years of podcast archives. By the way, big thanks to

1:50.7

our patrons. Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement free because sing along at home,

1:57.6

y'all. Advertisement suck. Let's start with our callers. If you have a question

2:01.7

or comment for our show, we would love to hear from you. Give us a call. Our phone numbers 406-219-7-8-39,

2:08.1

or you can email a voice recording right from your phone to podcast at theminimalists.com. Our first

2:14.6

question today is from Brian. Good afternoon or good morning minimalist.

2:19.4

This is Brian.

2:20.5

I'm a patron supporter from Okamus, Michigan.

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