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

Every little thing you think that you need.

Every little thing that's just feeding your greed.

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

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

Yes, thank you, Alabama. Hello, everybody. Today on the show, we're talking about the fear and joy of creating blank spaces in our lives.

Coming up on this free public minimal episode, a caller has a question about what happens if she doesn't find anything meaningful on the other side of minimizing her stuff.

And then we've got a question about the terror of blank spaces. That's followed by our right here, right now segment, and a listener tip. You can check out the

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Our first question today is from Joanna.

Hey, this is Joanna.

I'm a podcast patron subscriber from the UK.

I'm just been thinking about how when we say minimalism isn't about things,

it's about making room for important things,

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