502 | The Uniform
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about the practical issues with curating a simple wardrobe, letting go of troubling conversations, being eco-friendly on a budget, and much more.
Discussed in this episode:
What should I do if a simple wardrobe isn't practical for me? (2:08)
If you had to wear just one outfit every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? (15:07)
Right Here, Right Now: Join us at Sunday Symposium. (42:20)
Listener Insight: A tip for dealing with half-dirty clothes. (45:30)
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 every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:28.6 | every little thing that's just feeding your greed oh I bet that you be fine without it. |
| 0:40.6 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:46.5 | Welcome to the Minimalist podcast where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:55.0 | My name is Joshua Fields Milburn, and joining me here at Earthing Studios in beautiful West Hollywood, California, is my good friend T.K. Coleman. |
| 0:59.6 | Hey, hey, hey. Coming up on this free public minimal episode, a caller has a question about some of the practical issues he's having with curating a simple wardrobe. And we've got a |
| 1:05.5 | question about strategies for maintaining a minimalist uniform. That's followed by our right here, |
| 1:10.8 | right now segment, and a listener tip. |
| 1:13.1 | Also, on page three, we're going to talk about seven things to hide to make your home feel less cluttered. |
| 1:20.1 | You can check out the maximal edition of episode 502. |
| 1:23.4 | That's the full two-hour episode where we answer three times as many questions on Patreon. |
| 1:29.2 | The link is in the description. |
| 1:30.9 | When you subscribe, you can listen to our private podcast episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. |
| 1:37.8 | Plus, you'll gain access to all of our podcast archives all the way back to the very first episode. |
| 1:43.3 | That is a full decade of archives. |
| 1:47.0 | Big thanks to our Patreon supporters, by the way. Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement |
| 1:52.9 | free because sing along at home, y'all. Advertisements suck. Let's start with our callers. |
| 1:58.6 | If you have a question or comment for our show, we would love to hear from you. |
| 2:01.5 | Our phone number is 406-219, 7-839, or you can email a voice recording to podcast at theminimalists.com. |
| 2:09.4 | Our first question today is from Jonathan. |
| 2:12.5 | Hello, minimalists. My name is Jonathan. I'm a listener from the UK. |
| 2:16.7 | I have a question regarding the balance between things that bring you joy and things that are also practical. And I'm thinking about work shirts. It's a quite a specific topic, I suppose. I really enjoy white shirts. I think they look better. They go with everything. It means I can have fewer shirts, and they bring me more joy than coloured shirts. |
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