509 | The Fix
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about feeling defeated because of limitations, problems that won't go away, other people's cluttered spaces, five things you should never feel guilty about getting rid of, and more!
Discussed in this episode:
How do you cope when a recurring injury or limitation makes you feel defeated, anxious, and discouraged? (3:11)
What problem keeps popping up even after you fix it? (19:04)
Right Here, Right Now: Floor-sleeping. (39:30)
Listener Tip: The nightlight rule. (47:42)
Have a question for the show? Call 406-219-7839 or email a voice memo to podcast@themins.com.
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. |
| 0:46.4 | Yes, welcome to the minimalist podcast where we discuss what a means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:55.7 | 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. What a wonderful world. Oh, Tocoa, we got so much to talk about today. Let me look at this. |
| 1:03.2 | Coming up on this episode, we're talking about feeling defeated because of limitations. |
| 1:08.0 | We're also going to talk about problems that just won't go away, |
| 1:12.1 | even though I fix them. They keep popping back up. Also, other people's cluttered spaces and much, |
| 1:17.9 | much more. Also on page three, I've got this thing for you. We're going to talk about five things. |
| 1:21.9 | You should never feel guilty about letting go of. Let's start with the callers. If you have a question for our show, give us a call. |
| 1:28.7 | 406-219-7-839 is our phone number. |
| 1:33.0 | Or you can just email a voice recording real simple, right from your phone, to podcast at theminimalists.com. |
| 1:38.8 | Let us know if you're a Patreon subscriber so we can prioritize your message. |
| 1:42.3 | By the way, big thanks to our patrons. |
| 1:45.5 | Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement free because sing along at home, y'all. Advertisement suck. Yes, |
| 1:54.2 | indeed. Oh, by the way, when you're calling in, we're looking for all kinds of questions here, right? |
| 1:59.8 | When I'm thinking about the questions that I'm looking for, and I'd love to hear from you, T.K., we're looking for all kinds of questions here, right? When I'm thinking about the questions |
| 2:01.3 | that I'm looking for, and I'd love to hear from you, TK, and we're looking for some fresh questions. |
| 2:05.7 | I always love the sort of emotionally charged questions when you're right in the middle of it and |
| 2:11.2 | like, I'm struggling to let go of this thing. Or it could be a non-thing that I'm struggling to |
| 2:16.4 | let go. I'm struggling to let go with |
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