494 | Half-Dirty Clothes
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about what to do with half-dirty clothes, setting minimalist boundaries, breaking difficult news to your mom, the role our outfits play in our identities, getting an education outside the school system, letting go of regret, and more!
Discussed in this episode:
What would a minimalist do with clothes that have been worn but aren’t ready to to be washed? (2:05)
What do you do with your half-dirty clothes? (16:24)
Right Here, Right Now: Joshua’s birthday request. (30:38)
Listener tip: Spice up the Seasonality Rule by minimizing out-of-season clothing. (32:54)
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 |
| 0:23.6 | Every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:28.6 | Every little thing that's just feeding your greed |
| 0:33.6 | Oh I bet that you'd be fine without it. |
| 0:41.4 | Oh, yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:43.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:49.2 | Welcome to the minimalist podcast where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:54.8 | My name is Joshua Fields Milburn, joining me here at Earthing Studios in West Hollywood, California, |
| 0:57.3 | is my good friend, T.K. Coleman. |
| 0:58.0 | Hey, hey, hey, hey. |
| 1:00.6 | Coming up on this free public minimal episode, |
| 1:03.8 | a caller has a question about minimalist laundry solutions. |
| 1:08.7 | And then we've got a question about what to do with your half dirty clothes. |
| 1:11.0 | TK, you're so dirty, but you're half dirty. |
| 1:16.9 | This follow bar right here, right now, segment and a listener tip. You can check out the maximal edition of episode 494. That's the full two-hour episode where we answer three times |
| 1:22.7 | as many questions on Patreon. The link is in the description. Now, when you subscribe, you'll get access to our private |
| 1:28.8 | podcast episodes on Apple or Spotify or your favorite podcast app, plus you'll gain access to all |
| 1:34.7 | of our archives, all the way back to episode zero zero one. That's a full decade of podcast archives. |
| 1:42.2 | By the way, big thanks to our patrons. Your support keeps our podcast |
| 1:45.8 | 100% advertisement free because sing along at home, y'all. Advertisements suck. Let's start |
| 1:53.4 | with our callers. If you have a question or comment for our show, we'd love to hear from you. |
| 1:56.7 | Our phone number is 406-219-7-839, or you can email a voice recording to podcast at theminimalists.com. |
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